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Study Club
A year-long reading of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives. Biography as a mirror for the soul.
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
— Plutarch
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives — 2026
Join Meriwether in 2026 for a year-long reading and discussion of Parallel Lives by Plutarch, one of the foundational works of Western moral and political thought.
Each week, we read one Life and gather for thoughtful conversation on character, leadership, ambition, and the rise and fall of great men. Plutarch was not writing history for its own sake, but biography as a mirror for the soul. This study is an invitation to examine our own lives through the examples of the past.
Order Plutarch’s Lives — Dryden Translation
The Year in Four Parts
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