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On Talkativeness

Plutarch

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  • 2025
"It is a troublesome and difficult task that philosophy has in hand when it undertakes to cure garrulousness. For the remedy, words of reason, requires listeners; but the garrulous listen to nobody, for they are always talking." Plutarch's essay takes on an unusual philosophical problem: people who talk too much. In part an erudite and highly amusing history of the chatterbox as a social phenomenon, On Talkativeness also finds its way to the heart of much more serious issues-among them the nature of sociability and civic obligation. Careless talk, it turns out, really can cost lives, and quite possibly a great deal more.
  • Författare: Plutarch
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781916809451
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2025-05-13
  • Översättare: W C Helmbold
  • Förlag: ERIS