Plutarco: a fortuna ou a virtude de Alexandre Magno

Abstract

The speeches called “The Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great” from Plutarch’s Moralia draw a portrait of Alexander as the pedagogical blueprint of the philosopher-king. He clothes him in virtues such as temperance, humanity, generosity, with which Alexander will bring to fruition his ideal: unifying «all the inhabited earth». They are therefore geared towards all who would feel attracted to the depiction of human beings.

Os discursos A Fortuna ou a Virtude de Alexandre Magno, integrantes das Obras Morais de Plutarco, são um retrato de Alexandre como modelo pedagógico de rei-filósofo. Plutarco apetrecha-o de virtudes como a temperança, a humanidade, a generosidade com que Alexandre põe em prática o ideal de unir toda a “terra habitada”. Direcionam-se assim a todos que se interessem pelo retrato humano