Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, Vol. 1 · Plutarch
OF HEARING.
BY THOMAS HOY, FELLOW OF ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE IN OXFORD. Introduction, addressed to Nicander, a young man, 441. Remarks on hearing in general, 442. Of the sense of hearing, as an inlet of thought and feeling, 442. A guard to be placed over it, 443. How to hear with benefit, 443. Faults to be avoided, 444. In hearing a discourse, hear with attention to the close, 445. Guard against envy and ill-nature, 445, 446. Hear with calmness and candor, 446. Endeavor to reap advantage from the speaker’s faults, 447. Yield not to undue admiration, 448. Examine the argument of the speaker apart from his expression, 449. Separate the substance of a discourse from its accessories, 450, 451. Interrupt not the speaker with trifling questions, 452. Propose no impertinent questions, 453. Wait till the proper time for asking, 453. Withhold not praise when it is due, 454. Yet bestow not inordinate praise, 455. Something worthy of praise may be found in every discourse, 456. The hearer owes a duty to the speaker no less than the speaker to the hearer, 457. Be not indiscriminate in your praises, 458. Bear admonition in a proper spirit, 459. If you find difficulties in the lecturer’s instructions, ask him to explain, 460, 461. Concluding exhortation, 462, 463. OF LARGE ACQUAINTANCE: OR, AN ESSAY TO PROVE THE FOLLY OF SEEKING MANY FRIENDS.
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