Plutarch's Essays and Miscellanies, Vol. 4 (of 5)Front matterReading editionChapter navigation25 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPLUTARCH’S ESSAYS AND MISCELLANIESCONTENTS OF VOLUME FOURTH. WITH THE TRANSLATORS’ NAMES.WHY THE ORACLES CEASE TO GIVE ANSWERS. LAMPRIAS, CLEOMBROTUS, DIDYMUS, PHILIPPUS, DEMETRIUS, AMMONIUS, HERACLEON.WHY THE ORACLES CEASE TO GIVE ANSWERS. LAMPRIAS, CLEOMBROTUS, DIDYMUS, PHILIPPUS, DEMETRIUS, AMMONIUS, HERACLEON. (continued 2)OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, OR OF THE ANCIENT RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF EGYPT.OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, OR OF THE ANCIENT RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF EGYPT. (continued 2)CONCERNING SUCH WHOM GOD IS SLOW TO PUNISH. PATROCLEAS, PLUTARCH, TIMON, OLYMPICUS.CONCERNING SUCH WHOM GOD IS SLOW TO PUNISH. PATROCLEAS, PLUTARCH, TIMON, OLYMPICUS. (continued 2)OF NATURAL AFFECTION TOWARDS ONE’S OFFSPRING.CONCERNING THE FORTUNE OF THE ROMANS.OF GARRULITY, OR TALKATIVENESS.OF LOVE. FLAVIANUS AND AUTOBULUS, SONS OF PLUTARCH.OF LOVE. FLAVIANUS AND AUTOBULUS, SONS OF PLUTARCH. (continued 2)FIVE TRAGICAL HISTORIES OF LOVE.A DISCOURSE TO AN UNLEARNED PRINCEOF HERODOTUS’S MALICE.OF COMMON CONCEPTIONS, AGAINST THE STOICS. LAMPRIAS, DIADUMENUS.OF COMMON CONCEPTIONS, AGAINST THE STOICS. LAMPRIAS, DIADUMENUS. (continued 2)THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS.THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS. (continued 2)OF THE WORD ΕΙ ENGRAVEN OVER THE GATE OF APOLLO’S TEMPLE AT DELPHI. AMMONIUS, LAMPRIAS, PLUTARCH, THEON, EUSTROPHUS, NICANDER.WHETHER VICE IS SUFFICIENT TO RENDER A MAN UNHAPPY.[213]WHETHER THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL OR DISEASE OF THE BODY ARE WORSE.INDEX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PLUTARCH’S ESSAYS AND MISCELLANIESAll chapters and sections (25)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPLUTARCH’S ESSAYS AND MISCELLANIESVolume 4 · Sections4Volume 4 · Other sectionsWHY THE ORACLES CEASE TO GIVE ANSWERS. LAMPRIAS, CLEOMBROTUS, DIDYMUS, PHILIPPUS, DEMETRIUS, AMMONIUS, HERACLEON.WHY THE ORACLES CEASE TO GIVE ANSWERS. LAMPRIAS, CLEOMBROTUS, DIDYMUS, PHILIPPUS, DEMETRIUS, AMMONIUS, HERACLEON. (continued 2)OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, OR OF THE ANCIENT RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF EGYPT.OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, OR OF THE ANCIENT RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF EGYPT. (continued 2)CONCERNING SUCH WHOM GOD IS SLOW TO PUNISH. PATROCLEAS, PLUTARCH, TIMON, OLYMPICUS.CONCERNING SUCH WHOM GOD IS SLOW TO PUNISH. PATROCLEAS, PLUTARCH, TIMON, OLYMPICUS. (continued 2)OF NATURAL AFFECTION TOWARDS ONE’S OFFSPRING.CONCERNING THE FORTUNE OF THE ROMANS.OF GARRULITY, OR TALKATIVENESS.OF LOVE. FLAVIANUS AND AUTOBULUS, SONS OF PLUTARCH.OF LOVE. FLAVIANUS AND AUTOBULUS, SONS OF PLUTARCH. (continued 2)FIVE TRAGICAL HISTORIES OF LOVE.A DISCOURSE TO AN UNLEARNED PRINCEOF HERODOTUS’S MALICE.OF COMMON CONCEPTIONS, AGAINST THE STOICS. LAMPRIAS, DIADUMENUS.OF COMMON CONCEPTIONS, AGAINST THE STOICS. LAMPRIAS, DIADUMENUS. (continued 2)THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS.THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS. (continued 2)OF THE WORD ΕΙ ENGRAVEN OVER THE GATE OF APOLLO’S TEMPLE AT DELPHI. AMMONIUS, LAMPRIAS, PLUTARCH, THEON, EUSTROPHUS, NICANDER.WHETHER VICE IS SUFFICIENT TO RENDER A MAN UNHAPPY.[213]WHETHER THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL OR DISEASE OF THE BODY ARE WORSE.INDEX.Sappho.◇From the painting by Sir L. Alma-Tadema.◇PLUTARCH’S ESSAYS AND MISCELLANIES →