…a badder bad cop than Diomedes or a smoother talking good cop than Odysseus? Hell to the fuck yeah, when you get to Plato, you have to want it. I still haven't made it through the Republic. Plutarch Parallel Lives has a lot of really good biographies. Pick any. Hell, pick Life of Antony. Herodotus is fun but junk. Thucydides is tough but meaty. Switching to the Romans, Tacitus Agricola is awesome. Read Gorgias…
…from all walks of life who will give you immediate feedback if you display bad character, and it will get you moving around and make you humble. If you enjoy history and literature, maybe Plutarch's parallel lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus; or Christopher Lasch's "Culture of Narcissism" could provide some perspective. And as someone said below, Dale Carnegie's book on winning friends and influencing people,…
As the quotes come via Plutarch, I'd like to recommend Plutarch's Parallel Lives - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives He gives a biography of one famous Roman and one famous Greek and compares them.
…James Howard-Johnston's recent drop on the great final war of classical antiquity in the 7th Century, in a similar vein: both are out, just haven't gotten the chance to digest them yet. Also, Plutarch's Parallel Lives. They aren't "history" in the sense that we know it, but they do teach you that, yes, the lives of famous ancient figures do have lessons that can and should apply to you.
……能有比狄奥墨得斯更狠的坏警察，或者比奥德修斯更能说会道的白脸警察吗？那必须的啊，读到柏拉图的时候，你必须得发自内心地想啃才行。我到现在都还没读完《理想国》。普鲁塔克的《希腊罗马名人传》（Parallel Lives）里有大量非常棒的传记。随便挑一本都行。靠，挑《安东尼传》都行。希罗多德读着好玩但很水。修昔底德难啃但干货满满。转到罗马这边，塔西佗的《阿格里科拉传》简直绝了。去读《高尔吉亚篇》……
…a badder bad cop than Diomedes or a smoother talking good cop than Odysseus? Hell to the fuck yeah, when you get to Plato, you have to want it. I still haven't made it through the Republic. Plutarch Parallel Lives has a lot of really good biographies. Pick any. Hell, pick Life of Antony. Herodotus is fun but junk. Thucydides is tough but meaty. Switching to the Romans, Tacitus Agricola is awesome. Read Gorgias…
马可·奥勒留的《沉思录》、爱比克泰德的《手册》、普鲁塔克的《希腊罗马名人传》（最喜欢的是《小加图传》和《尤利乌斯·恺撒传》）
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Enchiridion of Epictetus Parallel Lives by Plutarch ( Favorites are Cato the Younger and Julius Caesar)
确实。任何读过普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》（Parallel Lives）的人，都很难不对斯巴达产生某种程度的着迷。
Absolutely. Anybody who's read Plutarch's Parallel Lives would be hard pressed to not have some degree of fascination with Sparta.
……来自各行各业的人，只要你表现出品行不端，他们就会立刻给你反馈，这能让你走动起来并学会谦逊。如果你喜欢历史和文学，也许普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》里的阿尔西比亚德斯与科利奥兰纳斯传记，或者克里斯托弗·拉希的《自恋主义文化》能提供一些视角。而且正如楼下有人说的，戴尔·卡耐基教人如何赢得朋友并影响别人的那本书……
…from all walks of life who will give you immediate feedback if you display bad character, and it will get you moving around and make you humble. If you enjoy history and literature, maybe Plutarch's parallel lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus; or Christopher Lasch's "Culture of Narcissism" could provide some perspective. And as someone said below, Dale Carnegie's book on winning friends and influencing people,…
既然这些名言出自普鲁塔克，我想推荐一下普鲁塔克的《希腊罗马名人传》（Parallel Lives）——https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives。他分别给一位罗马名人和一位希腊名人立传并进行对比。
As the quotes come via Plutarch, I'd like to recommend Plutarch's Parallel Lives - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives He gives a biography of one famous Roman and one famous Greek and compares them.
……James Howard-Johnston 最近出的关于 7 世纪古典时代终局之战的书，风格也很类似：两本都出了，只是我还没来得及消化它们。另外还有普鲁塔克的《希腊罗马名人传》（Parallel Lives）。它们并不是我们通常意义上理解的“历史”，但它们确实让你明白：古代名人的生平确实蕴含着能够且应当应用在你身上的经验教训。
…James Howard-Johnston's recent drop on the great final war of classical antiquity in the 7th Century, in a similar vein: both are out, just haven't gotten the chance to digest them yet. Also, Plutarch's Parallel Lives. They aren't "history" in the sense that we know it, but they do teach you that, yes, the lives of famous ancient figures do have lessons that can and should apply to you.