The MouseionPlutarchThat a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially with Men in Power
That a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially with Men in PowerΠερὶ τοῦ ὅτι μάλιστα τοῖς ἡγεμόσι δεῖ τὸν φιλοσοφόν διαλέγεσθαι
By Plutarch. Maxime Cum Principibus Viris Philosopho Esse Disserendum · English title from the library's translation
- Kind of writing
- Philosophy
- Dialect
- Attic/Koine
- Written
- 1st–2nd c. AD
- Length
- 1,746 words analysed
- In the library
- 1 Greek text, 2 English translations
The texts
Each is the collection's own file, read unchanged from the Perseus Digital Library or Open Greek and Latin. The description is theirs too.
- Greek textPlutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol V. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
- English translationPlutarch. Moralia, Vol. X. Fowler, Harold North, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).
- English translationPlutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. II. Goodwin, William W., editor; Chetwood, Knightley, translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.