"The "Political Precepts" are a practical teaching for someone who is going to engage in politics. The author finds a way to use his amazing erudition, presenting anecdotes, excerpts, speeches from Greek and Roman literature and history, because he believes that history is the best teacher for anyone who wants to excel in politics. Cultivated, with a wonderful memory and an open mind, Plutarch sees everything from their ethical side and demonstrates practical and at the same time idealistic logic, expressing, if not the depth of Greek thought, certainly an interesting sincerity about the world of the city and the citizen, for the display of temperance and moderation and a rejection of extremes. He has a deep belief that logic should and can define life."