SCRIPTURA

Philosophy

On Moral Virtue · De virtute morali

Plutarch

Translated by Matthew Morgan, rev. William W. Goodwin

Against the Stoics: the soul has a part that feels, and virtue is the right measure of the passions, not their removal.

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  • Greek: ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0007.tlg094, CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • English: Matthew Morgan, rev. William W. Goodwin, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0007.tlg094.perseus-eng4). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the references the two texts share (chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

Contents · 2

  1. 1Sections 1–7
  2. 2Sections 7–12