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HoP 080 - Delphic Utterances - Plutarch

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Plutarch's Philosophy

Plutarch's dialogues include a work called on the e at delphi. It presents a philosophical conversation set within a dramatic frame. Various characters present different theories about the epsilon in what plutarch would consider to be an ending order of insight. The structure is like that of plato's symposium, where a similar frame narrative introduces a series of speeches setting out different viewpoints on a common theme.

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