Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 - after AD 119) · Academics · Lived 40 to 120 · aged 80
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Something wrong?He mapped greatness by pairing it: Greek statesmen against Roman generals, philosophers against warriors, virtue against vice. His *Parallel Lives* became the template for understanding character through comparison, and for two thousand years anyone writing biography has walked in the corridor he built.
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A mente é um fogo a ser aceso, não um vaso a ser preenchido. Plutarco - Nova Acrópole
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Plutarch stele inscription 100 AD, AM of Delphi 4070060092
Plutarch stele with inscription 100 AD, AM Delphi, 060091
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, The great god Pan is dead.
He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
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Born before AD 50 in Greece, Plutarch lived through the height of Roman imperial power and eventually took Roman citizenship, likely becoming Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus. He served as a priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi and worked as a Middle Platonist philosopher, but his lasting mark came through two vast projects. *Parallel Lives* assembled biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, setting them side by side to reveal what made them rise or fall. *Moralia* gathered his essays and speeches on ethics, education, and daily life. He died sometime after AD 120, leaving behind a body of work that shaped how the West thought about leadership, morality, and the weight of individual choices.
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