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Alexander

Plutarch

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

Composition
late 1st to early 2nd century CE; internal order uncertain
Sources and precision

The range locates Plutarch’s literary activity without inventing a composition year for each work.

Confidence C · probable range

Period
Antiquity
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
377 passages · 30,354 words

Before reading

What you will learn

To read Alexander, isolate the decisive action, distinguish character from fortune, then compare its consequence with that of a neighboring course of conduct.

Short summary

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

Long summary

The Life compares choices, habits, and fortune without claiming to transcribe speeches or gain direct access to its subject’s inner life.

Canonical identity follows the critical Greek CTS divisions. The historical English translation and AI-generated French remain distinct, labeled manifestations.

Inside this work

The table of contents follows the divisions actually carried by the corpus.

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Concepts covered

Historical context

The world around the text

The corpus manifests do not yet establish the precise place and circumstances of composition. The images below document the author’s world or the text’s transmission. They do not claim to show the exact scene of writing.

These are modern reconstructions. They situate a documented place, practice, or transmission and are not period documents.

Modern reconstruction of Conversation at Chaeronea for Alexander on Prokopton42.com
Conversation at ChaeroneaA modern interpretation of Plutarch in the documented context titled “Conversation at Chaeronea”, set around c. 100 CE.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plutarch
Modern reconstruction of Nearby historical landmark, 27 BCE for Alexander on Prokopton42.com
Nearby historical landmark, 27 BCEOctavian becomes Augustus. The Roman Republic gives way to the Principate. The image situates Alexander without claiming to show its scene of composition.
Modern reconstruction of Nearby historical landmark, 27 BCE for Alexander on Prokopton42.com
Nearby historical landmark, 27 BCEOctavian becomes Augustus. The Roman Republic gives way to the Principate. The image situates Alexander without claiming to show its scene of composition.

What the world looked like

World of 1989

Modern reconstruction of the material world around Alexander: Technology, science, and care
Technology, science, and carePersonal computers, satellites, video, industrial robots, and expensive mobile phones exist, but the public Web does not yet. Computing, genetics, climate science, cosmology, and medical imaging produce growing data and international collaboration. CT, MRI, transplantation, vaccines, and intensive care advance; the AIDS epidemic exposes both medical capacity and its limits.
Modern reconstruction of the material world around Alexander: Travel and communication
Travel and communicationCars, high-speed rail, metros, aircraft, and containers globalize people and goods. Fixed telephones, fax, television, radio, and newspapers predominate. Email and computer networks remain mainly professional or academic.
Modern reconstruction of the material world around Alexander: Farming and food
Farming and foodMachinery, chemical inputs, breeding, and cold chains support high yields with increasingly debated social and environmental costs.
Modern reconstruction of the material world around Alexander: Clothing, women and men
Clothing, women and menLoose suits, jeans, trainers, women’s power suits, sportswear, and urban subcultures create highly varied silhouettes.
State of technology
Personal computers, satellites, video, industrial robots, and expensive mobile phones exist, but the public Web does not yet.
Science and knowledge
Computing, genetics, climate science, cosmology, and medical imaging produce growing data and international collaboration.
Medicine and care
CT, MRI, transplantation, vaccines, and intensive care advance; the AIDS epidemic exposes both medical capacity and its limits.
Transport
Cars, high-speed rail, metros, aircraft, and containers globalize people and goods.
Agriculture and food
Machinery, chemical inputs, breeding, and cold chains support high yields with increasingly debated social and environmental costs.
Communication
Fixed telephones, fax, television, radio, and newspapers predominate. Email and computer networks remain mainly professional or academic.
Clothing and fashion
Loose suits, jeans, trainers, women’s power suits, sportswear, and urban subcultures create highly varied silhouettes.

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  • Ancient Greekcomplete_aligned_work
  • Englishcomplete_aligned_work
  • French AI-generated translation, non-officialCodex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

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