Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, Vol. 2 (of 5)Front matterReading editionChapter navigation24 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterComprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume TwoCONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. WITH THE TRANSLATORS’ NAMES.THE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN.HOW A YOUNG MAN OUGHT TO HEAR POEMS.HOW A YOUNG MAN OUGHT TO HEAR POEMS. (continued 2)OF ENVY AND HATRED.HOW TO KNOW A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND.HOW TO KNOW A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND. (continued 2)THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIVE PLEASURABLY ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE OF EPICURUS. PLUTARCH, ZEUXIPPUS, THEON, ARISTODEMUS.ROMAN QUESTIONS.ROMAN QUESTIONS. (continued 2)GREEK QUESTIONS.OF THE LOVE OF WEALTH.HOW A MAN MAY INOFFENSIVELY PRAISE HIMSELF WITHOUT BEING LIABLE TO ENVY.CONCERNING THE PROCREATION OF THE SOUL AS DISCOURSED IN TIMAEUS.187THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN.200A DISCOURSE CONCERNING SOCRATES’S DAEMON.OF CURIOSITY, OR AN OVER-BUSY INQUISITIVENESS INTO THINGS IMPERTINENT.HOW A MAN MAY BE SENSIBLE OF HIS PROGRESS IN VIRTUE.OF FORTUNE.OF VIRTUE AND VICE.CONJUGAL PRECEPTS.INDEX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Comprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume TwoAll chapters and sections (24)Opening pagesFront matterSections2Volume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsTHE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN.HOW A YOUNG MAN OUGHT TO HEAR POEMS.HOW A YOUNG MAN OUGHT TO HEAR POEMS. (continued 2)OF ENVY AND HATRED.HOW TO KNOW A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND.HOW TO KNOW A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND. (continued 2)THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIVE PLEASURABLY ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE OF EPICURUS. PLUTARCH, ZEUXIPPUS, THEON, ARISTODEMUS.ROMAN QUESTIONS.ROMAN QUESTIONS. (continued 2)GREEK QUESTIONS.OF THE LOVE OF WEALTH.HOW A MAN MAY INOFFENSIVELY PRAISE HIMSELF WITHOUT BEING LIABLE TO ENVY.CONCERNING THE PROCREATION OF THE SOUL AS DISCOURSED IN TIMAEUS.187THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN.200A DISCOURSE CONCERNING SOCRATES’S DAEMON.OF CURIOSITY, OR AN OVER-BUSY INQUISITIVENESS INTO THINGS IMPERTINENT.HOW A MAN MAY BE SENSIBLE OF HIS PROGRESS IN VIRTUE.OF FORTUNE.OF VIRTUE AND VICE.CONJUGAL PRECEPTS.INDEX.Venus weeping over the body of Adonis.◇From the painting by Emanuel Benner.◇Comprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume Two →