Plutarchi Chæronei, philosophi & historici gravissimi, Ethica sive Moralia - Plutarchus 46-after 119; Cornarius, Janus c.1500-1558; Erasmus, Desiderius 1466-1536 (Basel Isingrin, 1553)
The Moralia (Ancient Greek: Ἠθικά Ethika; loosely translated as "Morals" or "Matters relating to customs and mores") is a group of manuscripts dating from the 10th–13th centuries, traditionally ascribed to the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. The eclectic collection contains 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right. Many generations of Europeans have read or imitated them, including Michel de Montaigne and the Renaissance Humanists and Enlightenment philosophers.
loose colour-photo depicting the original inner front-cover lining
Extensive index
Ex libris Figueira (manuscript)
opera, quae in hunc usque diem de Graecis in Latinum conversa extabant, universa à Iano Cornario nunc primùm recognita, & nouorum aliquot librorum translatione ab eodem locupletata: ita ut qui haec hahuerit, eum bibliothecam habere iurè dici possit. Librorum nomenclaturam sexta pagina indicabit. Cum amplissimo rerum & uerborum indice.
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); History; Ethics; Literature