HIST 1001 : Hist Primary Sources Exam2
Document Summary
Plutarch produced important biographies, they are sources of knowledge of lives of great figures of greek and roman past. This one reveals ancient opinion concerning alexander"s character and intentions, and communicate a view of him that dominated much thinking until relatively recent times. Cleitus yelling at alexander and making him furious, and alexander ran through him with a spear; he was remorseful and sobbed the rest of the day. Very influential philosopher, focused on pursuit of pleasure in the quest for peace of mind, and kept with escapism of hellenistic philosophy. Just a list of rules of his teachings. Numbered 1-40 about his philosophies of how to succeed in life. School of philosophy= stoicism, founded by zeno of citium, impacted western intellectual tradition. Emphasizes on universal natural order governed by divine plan later developed roman imperial law and christian thought. Literary remains are quite fragmentary, this is much better preserved, his student arrian probably wrote this.
