THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARyT .jr^ ^ FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. X^ EDITED BY tT. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D. tE. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D. tW. H. D. ROUSE, lttt.d. L. A. POST, L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a., f.r.hist.soc. PLUTARCH'S MORALIA VI PLUTARCH'S MOKALIA IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME VI 439a—523b WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HELMBOLD VV. C. TRINITir COLLBGK, UABTTOKD, COKX. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LOKDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD MCMLXU FFiirrssttpprriinmteead1i9a3j9» ^W^ . Reprinted1957,1962 jX ?>RA DECl c; 11536 PrintedinGreatBritain — CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI PAOK Preface vii The Traditional Order of the Books of the MORALIA ix Can Virtue be Taught? Introduction 2 Text and Translation 4 — On Moral Virtue Introduction 16 Text and Translation 18 — Ox the Control of Anger Introduction 90 Text and Translation 92 — On Tranquillity of Mind Introduction 163 Text and Translation 166 — On Brotherly Love Introduction 245 Text and Translation 246 V CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI — PAGE On Affection for Offspring Introduction 328 Text and Translation 330 Whether Vice b—e sufficient to cause Unhappiness Introduction 361 Text and Translation 362 Whether the Affections of the Soul—are WORSE than Those of the Body Introduction 378 Text and Translation 380 — Concerning Talkativeness Introduction 395 Text and Translation 396 — On being a Busybody Introduction 471 Text and Translation 472 Index 519 •