Meditations · Character
Plutarch
Greek biographer and essayist, referenced for moral examples.
minor
First appearance: book i
Plutarch's tie to Marcus Aurelius is one of the pressures that moves Meditations—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Marcus Aurelius (psychological): Marcus drew moral lessons from Plutarch's biographies, using them as a source of ethical reflection. With Alexander the Great (psychological): Plutarch wrote a biography of…
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- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Stoic and Philosophical Mentors
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Marcus Aurelius
psychological · positive
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- Alexander the Great
psychological · ambivalent
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