By Sophia Xenophontos
Bringing jointly quite a lot of texts from either the Parallel Lives and the Moralia, this examine places the moralising brokers that Plutarch considers very important for moral improvement on the center of its interpretation. moral schooling in Plutarch turns into a particular manifestation of paideia vis-à-vis the highbrow traits of the Imperial interval, in particular in contexts of cultural id and gear.
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