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these things were done out of wantonness and lust.” Plutarch did such a remarkable job, Parallel Lives became the handbook for modern history’s heroes.
Christopher McDougall • Natural Born Heroes
Plato was the most important in early Christianity, Aristotle in the medieval Church; but when, after the Renaissance, men began to value political freedom, it was above all to Plutarch that they turned. He influenced profoundly the English and French liberals of the eighteenth century, and the founders of the United States; he influenced the roman
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
llegaba a tener amistad con una persona respetada, quería a esa persona fuera cual fuera su trayectoria política.
Zoilo G. Martínez de Vega • Las guerras del general Omar Torrijos (Spanish Edition)
En cambio, su gratitud con el Presidente Anastasio Somoza, de Nicaragua, no tenía límites. Él sí que era un aliado generoso y consciente de lo que estaba en juego.