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We do not always look for a work, a text, or a passage in the same way. Browse by work as you would in a traditional library, travel through time, follow a semantic concept, or go straight to a precise excerpt. This Library exists to support practice and deeper study by bringing old texts into contact with daily experience and present questions.

Works
305
Authors
94
Passages
89,767
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Corpus works
259
Private works
46
Private records
56
Private excerpts
20,006
Text representations
223,819
Editions and translations
849
Languages
17
Works in French and English
259
Multilingual works
259
Tracked concepts
9
Estimated sentences
1,456,557
Words
27,541,029

A representation is one language version of a canonical passage. Private excerpts come from source files. Sentence count is estimated from punctuation.

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Works

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Photorealistic editorial illustration of Alexander in the Prokopton42.com Library AlexanderPlutarch

Work

Alexander

Alexander observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
377 passages · 30,354 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Caesar in the Prokopton42.com Library CaesarPlutarch

Work

Caesar

Caesar observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
288 passages · 23,818 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Cato the Younger in the Prokopton42.com Library Cato the YoungerPlutarch

Work

Cato the Younger

Cato the Younger observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
318 passages · 25,464 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of How a Young Man Should Study Poetry in the Prokopton42.com Library How a Young Man Should Study PoetryPlutarch

Work

How a Young Man Should Study Poetry

How a Young Man Should Study Poetry observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
14 passages · 16,252 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of How One May Know One’s Progress in Virtue in the Prokopton42.com Library How One May Know One’s Progress in VirtuePlutarch

Work

How One May Know One’s Progress in Virtue

How One May Know One’s Progress in Virtue observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
17 passages · 9,684 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of How to Profit by One’s Enemies in the Prokopton42.com Library How to Profit by One’s EnemiesPlutarch

Work

How to Profit by One’s Enemies

How to Profit by One’s Enemies observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
11 passages · 5,999 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of On Curiosity in the Prokopton42.com Library On CuriosityPlutarch

Work

On Curiosity

On Curiosity observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
16 passages · 6,880 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of On the Control of Anger in the Prokopton42.com Library On the Control of AngerPlutarch

Work

On the Control of Anger

On the Control of Anger observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
16 passages · 9,000 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of On the E at Delphi in the Prokopton42.com Library On the E at DelphiPlutarch

Work

On the E at Delphi

On the E at Delphi observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
21 passages · 6,799 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of On the Face in the Moon in the Prokopton42.com Library On the Face in the MoonPlutarch

Work

On the Face in the Moon

On the Face in the Moon observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
30 passages · 20,121 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Table Talk in the Prokopton42.com Library Table TalkPlutarch

Work

Table Talk

Table Talk observes character in action and tests moral rules against concrete situations.

What you will learn
Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
260 passages · 83,198 words

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