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Selected Essays of Plutarch, Vol. II.

by Plutarch (46–119)

36 chapters, about 96,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 5,300 words
2. INTRODUCTION 900 words
3. SPEAKERS 16,000 words
4. III. On the cessation of the Oracles, 1,200 words
5. THE SPEAKERS 700 words
6. ON THE ‘E’ AT DELPHI 5,500 words
7. THE SPEAKERS 7,800 words
8. I, 118. 200 words
9. THE SPEAKERS 1,000 words
10. ON THE CESSATION OF THE ORACLES 13,800 words
11. INTRODUCTION 1,000 words
12. THE SPEAKERS 9,400 words
13. FROM THE DIALOGUE ‘ON THE SOUL’ A FRAGMENT 900 words
14. INTRODUCTION 600 words
15. ON SUPERSTITION 3,000 words
16. THE CONTENTS OF THE ENSUING DISCOURSE 2,800 words
17. INTRODUCTION 2,600 words
18. PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE 700 words
19. ANALYSIS 12,500 words
20. NOTES 800 words
21. _P. V._ 349. 500 words
22. NOTE ON THE MYTHS IN PLUTARCH 2,900 words
23. A. 1,000 words
24. B. 100 words
25. C. 600 words
26. D. 300 words
27. E. 400 words
28. H. 300 words
29. I. 200 words
30. L. 300 words
31. M. 300 words
32. N. 100 words
33. O. 100 words
34. P. 1,000 words
35. S. 500 words
36. T. 700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Ethos
• Intersection
• Number
• Second

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