Plutarch: Moralia: “On the Bravery of Women”

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Plutarch: Moralia:“On the Bravery of Women”
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Plutarch’s Moralia is a collection of extended essays and dialogues written by the ancient Greek philosopher. Plutarch was born in Chaeronea in central Greece, probably around 50 CE. Moralia is a wide-ranging text that covers a variety of topics, including ethics, morality, leadership, education, and virtue. Throughout the text, Plutarch emphasizes the need for an individual to develop a sense of virtue by honing qualities like honesty, justice, temperance, courage, and wisdom. Like Aristotle and other Greek philosophers, he encourages his readers to seek moral excellence and strive for a life of self-improvement, learning, and introspection. While Moralia is little read today, Plutarch’s tracts can serve as a guide for living a simple, virtuous, and fulfilling life. Greek and Roman philosophers focused on practical ethical matters. As a result, their works, though written in antiquity, remain relevant to contemporary readers and audiences.

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