Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch; c. AD 46 – AD 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
integrity men noble-man
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
dolphins philosopher granted
...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage
god heart cheerful
The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.
animal light vegetarianism
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.
happiness happy speak-less
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
education practice blind
Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.
shadow action said
Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
inspiration egypt other-worlds
To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in Temple rites because it carried the vibratory rhythms of other worlds and of a life beyond the mortal.
music medicine disease
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
art painting silent
Painting is silent poetry.
technology thinking mind
For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
men doe injustice
Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does.
anger men savages
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
art poetry greek
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.