Plutarch | |
|---|---|
 2nd century AD bust from Delphi sometimes identified as Plutarch | |
| Born | c. AD 46 |
| Died | after AD 119 (aged 73–74) |
| Occupation(s) | Biographer, essayist, philosopher, priest, ambassador, magistrate |
| Notable work | Parallel Lives Moralia |
| Era | Hellenistic philosophy |
| Region | Ancient philosophy |
| School | Middle Platonism |
Main interests | Epistemology, ethics, history, metaphysics |
Plutarch (/ˈpluːtɑːrk/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koinē Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; c. AD 46 – after AD 119)[1] was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher,[2] historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches.[3] Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος).[4][a]
- ^ Paley, Frederick Apthorp; Mitchell, John Malcolm (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). pp. 857–860.
- ^ Dillon, John M. Middle Platonists: 80 BC to AD 220. Cornell University Press, 1996. pp. 184 ff.
- ^ "Plutarch". Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.
- ^ Russell 2012.
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