The Plutarch Project, Volume One: Marcus Cato the Censor, Philopoemen, and Titus Flamininus

by Anne E. White

1 Marcus Cato the Censor, Philopoemen, and Titus Flamininus

British educator Charlotte Mason saw Plutarch's Lives as key to the study of Citizenship. What character qualities does one need to be both a good subject and a great leader? When is it right to fight against tyranny? How do people manage their affairs with wisdom and justice, and what happens when they don't? The first volume in The Plutarch Project series includes vocabulary, discussion questions, and other aids for students and parent/teachers, plus edited text for the Lives of Marcus Cato the Censor, Philopoemen, and Titus Flamininus.

More of The Plutarch Project
2. Pyrrhus, Nicias, and Crassus
3. Julius Caesar, Agis and Cleomenes, and the Gracchi
4. Demosthenes, Cicero, and Demetrius
5. Alexander and Timoleon
6. Aemilius Paulus, Aristides, and Solon
7. Pompey and Themistocles

Genres: History

148 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2015

Reviews

[Karla]

Excellent! Thanks Anne for making Plutarch accessible!

[Brit Chhangur]

Phew! Plutarch is not easy-reading. We did all three lives this year and I don’t know how anyone tackled it before Anne White wrote these brilliant guides! I want to love Plutarch—I think the key is just to keep at it maybe?

[Janie]

Only read about Philopoemen and Marcus Cato for school. I would recommend this book.

[Ro]

Very good

[Jessica]

Read to the kids for school during morning time. Thankful for Anne White’s help in reading Plutarch!

[Eliza Fitzgerald]

I really love how Anne White takes an intimidating text and breaks it down into manageable chunks. The notes are very helpful. My 10 year old and I read through this together this past year and will be starting the next volume.

2nd time through with my son this time. I am always amazed at how much he gets from these stories.

[Jaclyn]

We read Cato the Elder this term. We really enjoyed learning about his life. He has been one of my favorites so far. We had some good discussions that related to my son’s reading of Ourselves. We talked about traits that can be useful but when taken too far can be negative and destructive. In regards to Cato he was frugal and hard working but became pretty much utilitarian and took no time for beauty for most of his life. It was kind of shocking for my son when towards the end of his life he wrote a recipe for a tart he made. My son was like they swapped in a new person. This isn’t Cato!!!

[Rachel N]

Anne White makes Plutarch so accessible. We enjoyed learning about Marcus, "Phil" and Titus this year. We found it challenging to track the story of Titus but that says more about us and it being the end of the school year than it does about Plutarch or Titus Flamininus.

[Hilary Forrest]

As someone who is new to Plutarch, I appreciate these books.

[Staci]

This is a hard one to rate. 5 stars for Anne's guides, but 3 stars for actual Plutarch.

[Summer]

I have so enjoyed this volume. Maybe because we have a few years of Plutarch under our belt now but this year's reading was a lot of fun.