Literature
Plutarch's Lives; Volume 1
Plutarch · 2000
Lindy Score
2,830·Proven
26 yrs
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1
Endorsers
Why it endured
Plutarch's parallel biographies of great Greeks and Romans — the foundational text of biography as a genre. He compared Alexander with Caesar, Demosthenes with Cicero — asking what makes a great man great.
What they're saying
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Ryan HolidayAuthor & Stoic philosopher
“Some of the best biographies I’ve read: Plutarch’s Lives (Vol. 1 & 2) by Plutarch The Power Broker by Robert Caro The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari Totto-Chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Titan by Ron Chernow”