Plutarchs Lives Theseus Romulus Lycurgus Numa Pompilius Solon Publius Valerius Publica

Author : Plutarch Plutarch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333086503
Total Pages : 462 pages
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Download or read book Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 1 written by Plutarch Plutarch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 1: Containing Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa, Solon, Poplicola, Themistocles, Camillus The notes here are much fewer than in the edition of 1727. M. Dotier has added to his tran ation a great number of learned and ufeful notes but with them there are mixed fome that are apparently erroneous, many that are tri ing, and many that are exceedingly prolix; and very few of thefe have been omitted by the Engli/b editors. It certainly can be of no ufe to the reader, to put him continually upon his guard againf't believing all the fiories of dreams and prodigies related by Plutorcb, to tell him that fuch or fuch a fentiment is very true and juft, and that the reafons given for it by Plutarch make it very evident, to attempt to illuflrate what is in itfelf perfeetly clear, or to make fuch reflee tions upon faets, or objections to fome of Plutnrcb's fentiments, as cannot efcape even the plainel'c under fianding. Yet obfervations of this kind, which are rather an affront than an a iftance to the reader; make no fmall part in M. Dacz'er's notes. Many of them therefore are entirely omitted, many are abridged, and fome are otherwife altered. As there appeared to be fome ufeful notes of M. Bact'er which had been omitted by the former editors, or were publifhed afterwards, thefe are added to this edition; there are alfo fome taken from other commentators, and a few of the edi tor's own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."