{"product_id":"parallel-lives-vol-4-hardcover","title":"Parallel Lives Vol. 4: Classical Biographies of Greek and Roman Statesmen, Soldiers, and Leaders - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePlutarch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eParallel Lives Vol. 4\u003c\/em\u003e presents the concluding portion of Plutarch's great work of classical biography, pairing Greek and Roman public figures in a searching study of character, leadership, ambition, virtue, and failure.\u003c\/strong\u003e Known for centuries in English as \u003cem\u003ePlutarch's Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, the work examines statesmen, soldiers, reformers, rulers, orators, and rebels not merely as historical figures, but as moral examples. Plutarch is concerned with the habits, choices, strengths, and weaknesses that shape public action and leave their mark on history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis SMK edition is suited to readers of classical literature, ancient history, Greek and Roman biography, political thought, moral philosophy, and the long tradition of civic education shaped by Plutarch's work. \u003cem\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/em\u003e influenced Shakespeare, Renaissance humanists, Enlightenment thinkers, statesmen, historians, and generations of readers because it treats biography as a way to understand power, judgment, courage, vanity, patriotism, and consequence. For anyone interested in Greece, Rome, leadership, virtue, and the classical tradition, Volume 4 continues one of the central monuments of ancient biographical writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48352321405176,"sku":"9781515428145","price":54.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/36ca6QHUWY9781515428145.webp?v=1783949092","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/parallel-lives-vol-4-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}