Moralia vs Poetics: Which Should You Read?

Moralia Plutarch · 1500 ★★★★☆ 4.0 15 pages · ≈ 17 min · Demanding

The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless…

Poetics Aristotle · 1536 ★★★★☆ 3.8 142 pages · ≈ 2 h 38 m · Demanding

One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on tragedy.