Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies

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Title: Essays and Miscellanies
The Complete Works Volume 3
Author: Plutarch
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Produced by John Hamm, Barb Grow, Bill Burn, Chris Hall,
Chris Brennen, and David Widger
ESSAYS
and
MISCELLANIES
The Complete Works Volume 3
By PlutarchContents
PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS
THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO
CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN.
SENTIMENTS CONCERNING NATURE WITH WHICH
PHILOSOPHERS WERE DELIGHTED
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. WHAT IS NATURE?
CHAPTER II. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A PRINCIPLE AND AN ELEMENT?
CHAPTER III. WHAT ARE PRINCIPLES?
CHAPTER IV. HOW WAS THIS WORLD COMPOSED
IN THAT ORDER AND AFTER THAT MANNER IT IS?
CHAPTER V. WHETHER THE UNIVERSE IS ONE
SINGLE THING.
CHAPTER VI. WHENCE DID MEN OBTAIN THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE AND ESSENCE
OF A DEITY?
CHAPTER VII. WHAT IS GOD?
CHAPTER VIII. OF THOSE THAT ARE CALLED
GENIUSES AND HEROES
CHAPTER IX. OF MATTER.
CHAPTER X. OF IDEAS.
CHAPTER XI. OF CAUSES.
CHAPTER XII. OF BODIES.
CHAPTER XIII. OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
LEAST IN NATURE.
CHAPTER XIV. OF FIGURES.
CHAPTER XV. OF COLORS.
CHAPTER XVI. OF THE DIVISION OF BODIES.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW BODIES ARE MIXED AND
CONTEMPERATED ONE WITH ANOTHER.
CHAPTER XVIII. OF A VACUUM.
CHAPTER XIX. OF PLACE.
CHAPTER XX. OF SPACE.
CHAPTER XXI. OF TIME.
CHAPTER XXII. OF THE SUBSTANCE AND NATUREOF TIME.
CHAPTER XXIII. OF MOTION.
CHAPTER XXIV. OF GENERATION AND
CORRUPTION.
CHAPTER XXV. OF NECESSITY.
CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE NATURE OF NECESSITY.
CHAPTER XXVII. OF DESTINY OR FATE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. OF THE NATURE OF FATE.
CHAPTER XXIX. OF FORTUNE.
CHAPTER XXX. OF NATURE.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I. OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER II. OF THE FIGURE OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER III. WHETHER THE WORLD BE AN
ANIMAL.
CHAPTER IV. WHETHER THE WORLD IS ETERNAL
AND INCORRUPTIBLE.
CHAPTER V. WHENCE DOES THE WORLD
RECEIVE ITS NUTRIMENT?
CHAPTER VI. FROM WHAT ELEMENT GOD DID
BEGIN TO RAISE THE FABRIC OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER VII. IN WHAT FORM AND ORDER THE
WORLD WAS COMPOSED.
CHAPTER VIII. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE
WORLD'S INCLINATION.
CHAPTER IX. OF THAT THING WHICH IS BEYOND
THE WORLD, AND WHETHER IT BE A VACUUM OR
NOT.
CHAPTER X. WHAT PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE
ON THE RIGHT HAND, AND WHAT ON THE LEFT.
CHAPTER XI. OF HEAVEN, WHAT IS ITS NATURE
AND ESSENCE.
CHAPTER XII. INTO HOW MANY CIRCLES IS THE
HEAVEN DISTINGUISHED; OR, OF THE DIVISION
OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER XIII. WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE
STARS, AND HOW THEY ARE COMPOSED.
CHAPTER XIV. OF WHAT FIGURE THE STARS ARE.
CHAPTER XV. OF THE ORDER AND PLACE OF THE
STARS.
CHAPTER XVI. OF THE MOTION AND
CIRCULATION OF THE STARS.CHAPTER XVII. WHENCE DO THE STARS RECEIVE
THEIR LIGHT?
CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT ARE THOSE STARS WHICH
ARE CALLED THE DIOSCURI, THE TWINS, OR
CASTOR AND POLLUX?
CHAPTER XIX. HOW STARS PROGNOSTICATE,
AND WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF WINTER AND
SUMMER.
CHAPTER XX. OF THE ESSENCE OF THE SUN.
CHAPTER XXI. OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUN.
CHAPTER XXII. WHAT IS THE FIGURE OR SHAPE
OF THE SUN.
CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE TURNING AND
RETURNING OF THE STARS, OR THE SUMMER
AND WINTER SOLSTICE.
CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
CHAPTER XXV. OF THE ESSENCE OF THE MOON.
CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE SIZE OF THE MOON.
CHAPTER XXVII. OF THE FIGURE OF THE MOON.
CHAPTER XXVIII. FROM WHENCE IS IT THAT THE
MOON RECEIVES HER LIGHT?
CHAPTER XXIX. OF THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
CHAPTER XXX. OF THE PHASES OF THE MOON,
OR THE LUNAR ASPECTS; OR HOW IT COMES TO
PASS THAT THE MOON APPEARS TO US
TERRESTRIAL.
CHAPTER XXXI. HOW FAR THE MOON IS
REMOVED FROM THE SUN.
CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE YEAR, AND HOW MANY
CIRCULATIONS MAKE UP THE GREAT YEAR OF
EVERY PLANET.
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I. OF THE GALAXY, OR THE MILKY WAY.
CHAPTER II. OF COMETS AND SHOOTING FIRES,
AND THOSE WHICH RESEMBLE BEAMS.
CHAPTER III. OF VIOLENT ERUPTION OF FIRE OUT
OF THE CLOUDS. OF LIGHTNING. OF THUNDER.
OF HURRICANES. OF WHIRLWINDS.
CHAPTER IV. OF CLOUDS, RAIN, SNOW, AND HAIL.
CHAPTER V. OF THE RAINBOW.
CHAPTER VI. OF METEORS WHICH RESEMBLE
RODS, OR OF RODS.
CHAPTER VII. OF WINDS.CHAPTER VIII. OF WINTER AND SUMMER.
CHAPTER IX. OF THE EARTH, WHAT IS ITS
NATURE AND MAGNITUDE.
CHAPTER X. OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
CHAPTER XI. OF THE SITE AND POSITION OF THE
EARTH.
CHAPTER XII. OF THE INCLINATION OF THE
EARTH.
CHAPTER XIII. OF THE MOTION OF THE EARTH.
CHAPTER XIV. INTO HOW MANY ZONES IS THE
EARTH DIVIDED?
CHAPTER XV. OF EARTHQUAKES.
CHAPTER XVI. OF THE SEA, AND HOW IT IS
COMPOSED, AND HOW IT BECOMES TO THE
TASTE BITTER.
CHAPTER XVII. OF TIDES, OR OF THE EBBING
AND FLOWING OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE AUREA, OR A CIRCLE
ABOUT A STAR.
BOOK IV.
CHAPTER I. OF THE OVERFLOWING OF THE NILE.
CHAPTER II. OF THE SOUL.
CHAPTER III. WHETHER THE SOUL BE A BODY,
AND WHAT IS THE NATURE AND ESSENCE OF IT.
CHAPTER IV. OF THE PARTS OF THE SOUL.
CHAPTER V. WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL PART OF
THE SOUL, AND IN WHAT PART OF THE BODY IT
RESIDES.
CHAPTER VI. OF THE MOTION OF THE SOUL.
CHAPTER VII. OF THE SOUL'S IMMORTALITY.
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE SENSES, AND OF THOSE
THINGS WHICH ARE OBJECTS OF THE SENSES,
CHAPTER IX. WHETHER WHAT APPEARS TO OUR
SENSES AND IMAGINATIONS BE TRUE OR NOT.
CHAPTER X. HOW MANY SENSES ARE THERE?
CHAPTER XI. HOW THE ACTIONS OF THE
SENSES, THE CONCEPTIONS OF OUR MINDS,
AND THE HABIT OF OUR REASON ARE FORMED.
CHAPTER XII. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN IMAGINATION [GREEK OMITTED], THE
IMAGINABLE [GREEK OMITTED], FANCY [GREEK
OMITTED], AND PHANTOM [GREEK
CHAPTER XIII. OF OUR SIGHT, AND BY WHATMEANS WE SEE.
CHAPTER XIV. OF THOSE IMAGES WHICH ARE
PRESENTED TO OUR EYES IN MIRRORS.
CHAPTER XV. WHETHER DARKNESS CAN BE
VISIBLE TO US.
CHAPTER XVI. OF HEARING.
CHAPTER XVII. OF SMELLING.
CHAPTER XVIII. OF TASTE.
CHAPTER XIX. OF THE VOICE.
CHAPTER XX. WHETHER THE VOICE IS
INCORPOREAL. WHAT IS IT THAT THE GIVES
ECHO?
CHAPTER XXI. BY WHAT MEANS THE SOUL IS
SENSIBLE, AND WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL AND
COMMANDING PART OF IT.
CHAPTER XXII. OF RESPIRATION OR BREATHING.
CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PASSIONS OF THE BODY,
AND WHETHER THE SOUL HATH A
SYMPATHETICAL CONDOLENCY WITH IT.
BOOK V
CHAPTER I. OF DIVINATION.
CHAPTER II. WHENCE DREAMS DO ARISE.
CHAPTER III. OF THE NATURE OF GENERATIVE
SEED.
CHAPTER IV. WHETHER THE SPERM BE A BODY.
CHAPTER V. WHETHER WOMEN DO GIVE A
SPERMATIC EMISSION AS MEN DO.
CHAPTER VI. HOW IT IS THAT CONCEPTIONS ARE
MADE.
CHAPTER VII. AFTER WHAT MANNER MALES AND
FEMALES ARE GENERATED.
CHAPTER VIII. BY WHAT MEANS IT IS THAT
MONSTROUS BIRTHS ARE EFFECTED.
CHAPTER IX. HOW IT COMES TO PASS THAT A
WOMAN'S TOO FREQUENT CONVERSATION WITH
A MAN HINDERS CONCEPTION.
CHAPTER X. WHENCE IT IS THAT ONE BIRTH
GIVES TWO OR THREE CHILDREN.
CHAPTER XI. WHENCE IT IS THAT CHILDREN
REPRESENT THEIR PARENTS AND
PROGENITORS.
CHAPTER XII. HOW IT COMES TO PASS THAT
CHILDREN HAVE A GREATER SIMILITUDE WITH
STRANGERS THAN WITH THEIR PARENTS.CHAPTER XIII. WHENCE ARISETH BARRENNESS
IN WOMEN, AND IMPOTENCY IN MEN?
CHAPTER XIV. HOW IT ARISES THAT MULES ARE
BARREN.
CHAPTER XV. WHETHER THE INFANT IN THE
MOTHER'S WOMB BE AN ANIMAL.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW EMBRYOS ARE NOURISHED,
OR HOW THE INFANT IN THE BELLY RECEIVES ITS
ALIMENT.
CHAPTER XVII. WHAT PART OF THE BODY IS
FIRST FORMED IN THE WOMB.
CHAPTER XVIII. WHENCE IS IT THAT INFANTS
BORN IN THE SEVENTH MONTH ARE BORN ALIVE.
CHAPTER XIX. OF THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS,
HOW ANIMALS ARE BEGOTTEN, AND WHETHER
THEY ARE OBNOXIOUS TO CORRUPTION.
CHAPTER XX. HOW MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS
THERE ARE, AND WHETHER ALL ANIMALS HAVE
THE ENDOWMENTS OF SENSE AND REASON.
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT TIME IS REQUIRED TO
SHAPE THE PARTS OF ANIMALS IN THE WOMB.
CHAPTER XXII. OF WHAT ELEMENTS EACH OF
THE MEMBERS OF US MEN IS COMPOSED.
CHAPTER XXIII. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF
SLEEP AND DEATH?
CHAPTER XXIV. WHEN AND FROM WHENCE THE
PERFECTION OF A MAN COMMENCES.
CHAPTER XXV. WHETHER SLEEP OR DEATH
APPERTAINS TO THE SOUL OR BODY.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW PLANTS INCREASE.
CHAPTER XXVII. OF NUTRITION AND GROWTH.
CHAPTER XXVIII. WHENCE IT IS THAT IN ANIMALS
THERE ARE APPETITES AND PLEASURES.
CHAPTER XXIX. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF A
FEVER, OR WHETHER IT IS AN AFFECTION OF
THE BODY ANNEXED TO A PRIMARY PASSION
CHAPTER XXX. OF HEALTH, SICKNESS, AND OLD
AGE.
ABSTRACT OF A DISCOURSE SHOWING THAT THE
STOICS SPEAK GREATER IMPROBABILITIES THAN
THE POETS.
SYMPOSIACS.
BOOK 1.BOOK II.
BOOK III
BOOK IV.
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