In another work, this author of the Moralia says "it is not Histories that [he] is writing; but Lives."
In one essay, this author compares the mind to wood in that "it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth." In another essay, he claims that because Alexander "changed the savage natures of countless tribes Â… he could be regarded as a very great philosopher." That essay, "On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great" is collected along with various other essays, including "On the (*) Malice of Herodotus." In another work, this author of the Moralia says "it is not Histories that [he] is writing; but Lives." That work contrasts the wars sparked by Theseus' rape of women to peace resulting from the rape of the Sabine women by Romulus as part of a series of biographies arranged in pairs. For 10 points, name this author of Parallel Lives.
In one essay, this author compares the mind to wood in that "it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
Plutarch