Live in secret?

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Live in secret? is a small font by the ancient author Plutarch . Her full title is Is “Live In Secret” a Good Rule of Life? ( Greek Εἰ καλῶς εἴρηται τὸ λάθε βιώσας Ei kalōs eirētai to lathe biōsas , Latin De latenter vivendo ). It belongs to the corpus of Plutarch's moral-philosophical writings ( Moralia ).

In this work, Plutarch takes a critical look at Epicurus' maxim "Live in secret".

literature

  • Ulrich Berner a. a. (Ed.): Plutarch. Is “live in secret” a good rule of life? Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-534-14944-0 (Greek text, German translation, commentary, essays).
  • Geert Roskam: A commentary on Plutarch's “De latenter vivendo” . Leuven University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-90-5867-603-0 .