- I miei scritti su Plutarco
- Angelo Casanova
Fortuna e carattere da Menandro a Plutarco. Con una nota testuale su alcune citazioni di Menandro in Plutarco
- Angelo Casanova
- © 2025 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.10
Plutarch severely criticizes the opinion on fortune held by both the Stoics and the Epicureans, and – while referring to both positions as ideological extremes – repeatedly hints at the Tyche seen as a force operating in op¬position to man’s virtues. He thus reconnects with the Peripatetic doctrine, and often quotes Menander, who also studies the way fortune affects the attitudes of his characters. In particular, two quotations from Menan¬der (at De fort. Rom. 318D and Quaest. conv. 3.6, 654D) deserve special attention, not least in view of their im-portance for establishing Plutarch’s own text.
- Keywords:
- Tyche,
- Fortune,
- man’s virtues,
- Plutarch,
- Menander,
University of Florence, Italy
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Chapter Title
Fortuna e carattere da Menandro a Plutarco. Con una nota testuale su alcune citazioni di Menandro in Plutarco
Authors
Angelo Casanova
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.10
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2025
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Book Title
I miei scritti su Plutarco
Book Subtitle
Raccolti, riveduti e corretti con bibliografia unificata
Authors
Angelo Casanova
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
366
Publication Year
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6
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979-12-215-0823-9
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Studi e saggi
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2704-6478
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2704-5919