The Complete Works Volume 3
By Plutarch
CONTENTS
[ THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN. ]
[ SENTIMENTS CONCERNING NATURE WITH WHICH PHILOSOPHERS WERE DELIGHTED ]
[ 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 VIII. OF THOSE THAT ARE CALLED GENIUSES AND HEROES ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE LEAST IN NATURE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. OF THE DIVISION OF BODIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. HOW BODIES ARE MIXED AND CONTEMPERATED ONE WITH ANOTHER. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. OF A VACUUM. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. OF THE SUBSTANCE AND NATURE OF TIME. ]
[ 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 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 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 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. ]
[ CHAPTER I. OF THE GALAXY, OR THE MILKY WAY. ]
[ CHAPTER II. OF COMETS AND SHOOTING FIRES, AND THOSE WHICH RESEMBLE BEAMS. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. OF CLOUDS, RAIN, SNOW, AND HAIL. ]
[ CHAPTER V. OF THE RAINBOW. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. OF METEORS WHICH RESEMBLE RODS, OR OF RODS. ]
[ 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. ]
[ CHAPTER I. OF THE OVERFLOWING OF THE NILE. ]
[ 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 XIII. OF OUR SIGHT, AND BY WHAT MEANS 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 XVII. OF SMELLING. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. OF THE VOICE. ]
[ CHAPTER XX. WHETHER THE VOICE IS INCORPOREAL. WHAT IS IT THAT THE GIVES ECHO? ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. OF RESPIRATION OR BREATHING. ]
[ 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 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 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 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 XXX. OF HEALTH, SICKNESS, AND OLD AGE. ]
[ ABSTRACT OF A DISCOURSE SHOWING THAT THE STOICS SPEAK GREATER IMPROBABILITIES THAN THE POETS. ]
[ COMMON CONCEPTIONS AGAINST THE STOICS. ]
[ CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS. ]
[ AGAINST COLOTES, THE DISCIPLE AND FAVORITE OF EPICURUS. ]
[ THE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN. ]
[ ABSTRACT OF A COMPARISON BETWEEN ARISTOPHANE AND MENANDER ]
PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS
That It Is Not Possible To Live Pleasurably According To The
Doctrine Of Epicurus
That A Philosopher Ought Chiefly To Converse With Great Men
Sentiments Concerning Nature, With Which Philosophers Were
Delighted
Abstract Of A Discourse Showing That The Stoics Speak Greater
Improbabilities Than The Poets
Symposiacs
Common Conceptions Against The Stoics
Contradictions Of The Stoics
The Eating Of Flesh
Concerning Fate
Against Colotes, The Disciple And Favorite Of Epicurus
Platonic Questions
LITERARY ESSAYS
The Life And Poetry Of Homer
The Banquet Of The Seven Wise Men
How A Young Man Ought To Hear Poems
Abstract Of A Comparison Between Aristophanes And Menander
The Malice Of Herodotus