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How to Listen
An Ancient Guide to Learning from Others
Inbunden, 2026
169 kr
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A lively new translation of Plutarch’s charming and timeless essay on how to be a good listener—and why listening is essential to learning and living wellListening is a skill—even an art—and it’s essential to learning and to life. Indeed, as Plutarch writes in How to Listen, “listening well is the …
How to Be a Leader
An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership
Inbunden, 2019
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
169 kr
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Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous—and massive—Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the …
Passionate Statesman
ErAus and Politics in Plutarch's Lives
E-bok, 2012
1307 kr
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The Passionate Statesman explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch''s Parallel Lives , with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of erõs , or erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity. Using Aristotle''s …
The Passionate Statesman
Erõs and Politics in Plutarch's Lives
Inbunden, 2012
2283 kr
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The Passionate Statesman explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of erõs, or erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity. Using Aristotle's notion of …
Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World
Av Jeffrey Beneker, Georgia Tsouvala
Inbunden, 2020
1303 kr
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The famous polymath Plutarch often discussed the relationship between spouses in his works, including Marriage Advice, Dialogue on Love, and many of the Parallel Lives. In this collection, leading scholars explore the marital views expressed in Plutarch's works and the art, philosophy, and …
Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World
Av Jeffrey Beneker, Georgia Tsouvala
Häftad, 2022
332 kr
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The famous polymath Plutarch often discussed the relationship between spouses in his works, including Marriage Advice, Dialogue on Love, and many of the Parallel Lives. In this collection, leading scholars explore the marital views expressed in Plutarch's works and the art, philosophy, and …
Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes
Progymnasmata from Twelfth-Century Byzantium
Av Nikephoros Basilakes, Jeffrey Beneker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
315 kr
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Progymnasmata, preliminary exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. Using material from Greek literary, mythological, and historical traditions, students and writers composed examples ranging from simple fables to …
