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Montaigne, Shakespeare, Dryden, Rousseau, and Emerson––all were avid readers of Plutarch.

Following the Renaissance’s rediscovery of ancient Greek literature, his Parallel Lives inspired leading authors and thinkers. The concise biographies of famous Greek and Roman men ( Parallel Lives) written by the Greek philosopher and priest Plutarch under the early Roman Empire are true classics in the literature of Western civilization. Liberty, Responsibility, and Character in Plutarch's "Parallel Lives"

Plutarch was one of the authors highly regarded by Pierre Goodrich, the founder of Liberty Fund, who included his name on the wall of the Goodrich Semiar Room at Wabash College, Indiana.