The Plutarchian ideal of man is not talked about enough. The Plutarchian ideal man is driven by virtue, strives for greatness, seeks to conquer the unconquered through his virtues, and remains uninfluenced by his lower bodily instincts. Such men are becoming increasingly rare. Few men today embody this ideal, and we must bring it back to create ideal citizens and a great nation.Peter Thiel and Elon Musk are among the few who embody this ideal. They display a disdain for bodily gratification reminiscent of Cato the Elder, virtue reminiscent of Cato the Younger and Brutus, a hunger for greatness reminiscent of Alexander the Great, and courage reminiscent of Caesar. It is therefore no wonder that leftists detest them.Only when we restore this ideal to the minds of men can we produce more great men who shape the course of history
>>25622095Thiel and Musk are faggots unworthy of even being put in the same sentence. Faustian Caesar will rise soon, but it's none of these tech obsessed retards.
>>25622095>The PlutarchianI read his lives and found it thoroughly mediocre, anyone with the capacity to write in any language to a professional degree (in say commerce) can write the whole thing. It's poor historical work (unlike Herodotus or Thucydides), it's poor drama (unlike Herodotus or Thucydides) and it's stylistically nothing (unlike Herodotus or Thucydides).
because its retarded and contradictory. the whole "dude le based conqueror. such glory and greatness" etc shtick is its self a base indulgence no different than a fat fuck stuffing his face to feel good or a gooner or any of that other shit.
Let's ignore the philosophy faggotry that belongs on the humanities board and have you post a good translation of his works so we can decide for ourselves. Post your favored translation and why you like it, op.
>>25622126Dryden's version is good, and it includes the comparisons. It may be a little old, but it's sweet. Modern translations, however, don't include those comparisons.
>>25622098wrong
>>25622095You know Plutarch has a book on statesmanship in the Moralia where the entire point is moderate rule, right?
>>25622095>Musk and Thiel>uninfluenced by their lower bodily instincts
yo bro i was reading plutarch today at work cuz i was not in the mood to participate in "work" and in the moralia volume one there's this story he got from some other dude maybe herodotus where he said the spartans fined their king because he married a short chick and the spartans said they wanted kings but he would only deliver kinglets i was like oh fuck shortkings on suicide watch for that one lol
>>25622251>sucking Jewish cock is le based
>>25622251oh to be a russian peasant with cows, a hag wife and kids you use as labour tools. you've never read the bible because you can't read and you live in a constant state of bliss.
>>25622095Based. It's time to rediscover vitalism and defeat the propaganda of cynicism and secularism
plutarch is one of the most boring writers i've ever readi tried reading the life of Alexander and never finished it
