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Van Hoof, L. 2010. Plutarch’s Practical Ethics. The Social Dynamics of Philosophy . Oxford, Oxford University Press. xii, 328 p. Pr. £60.00 (hb). ISBN 9780199583263.

Van Hoof, L. 2010. Plutarch’s Practical Ethics. The Social Dynamics of Philosophy . Oxford,... The 1st-2nd century CE philosopher Plutarch is rather notorious for giving advice. The vast scope of his corpus is indicative—he wrote numerous biographies of famous figures with the primary purpose to instruct, 50 of which are extant, but he added to this more than 70 works described as Moral Essays (though they do not all fit this category). A striking element in many of these texts is not just their witty and humane content but also the sense of intimacy they construct with Plutarch, who gives us a generous but carefully nuanced glimpse of his own character as he doles out tips on living. In one treatise, On Talkativeness , the narrator makes some remarks that could be taken as an attempt to defend his prolific output. “In the case of a talkative person, such shadow-boxing and shouting against his writing table keeps him away from people and as such makes him more easy for his companion from day to day” (514D, quoted on p. 175). This passage appears in an analysis of the treatise in Plutarch’s Practical Ethics by Lieve Van Hoof, chapter 6. The volume fills an awkward gap in Plutarchan studies, since the more famous http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Van Hoof, L. 2010. Plutarch’s Practical Ethics. The Social Dynamics of Philosophy . Oxford, Oxford University Press. xii, 328 p. Pr. £60.00 (hb). ISBN 9780199583263.

Mnemosyne , Volume 65 (4-5): 805 – Jan 1, 2012

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0026-7074
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The 1st-2nd century CE philosopher Plutarch is rather notorious for giving advice. The vast scope of his corpus is indicative—he wrote numerous biographies of famous figures with the primary purpose to instruct, 50 of which are extant, but he added to this more than 70 works described as Moral Essays (though they do not all fit this category). A striking element in many of these texts is not just their witty and humane content but also the sense of intimacy they construct with Plutarch, who gives us a generous but carefully nuanced glimpse of his own character as he doles out tips on living. In one treatise, On Talkativeness , the narrator makes some remarks that could be taken as an attempt to defend his prolific output. “In the case of a talkative person, such shadow-boxing and shouting against his writing table keeps him away from people and as such makes him more easy for his companion from day to day” (514D, quoted on p. 175). This passage appears in an analysis of the treatise in Plutarch’s Practical Ethics by Lieve Van Hoof, chapter 6. The volume fills an awkward gap in Plutarchan studies, since the more famous

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