Pliny the Elder (Author of Natural History)

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Pliny the Elder

Born

in Como, Italy

January 07, 0023

Died

August 31, 0079

Genre

Nonfiction, History, Science

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Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD â€� August 25, 79 AD), better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian. Spending most of his spare time studying, writing or investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field, he wrote an encyclopedic work, Naturalis Historia, which became a model for all such works written subsequently. Pliny the Younger, his nephew, wrote of him in a letter to the historian Tacitus:

"For my part I deem those blessed to whom, by favour of the gods, it has been granted either to do what is worth writing of, or to write what is worth reading; above measure blessed those on ...more

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	Natural History: A Selection by Pliny the Elder, John F. Healey (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 77 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The natural history of Pliny 4.15 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 77 — 226 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natural History, Volume I: Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library #330) by Pliny the Elder, Harris Rackham (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1938	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Works of Pliny the Elder 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 77 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natural History, Volume II: Books 3-7 (Loeb Classical Library #352) by Pliny the Elder, Harris Rackham (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1942 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pliny: Natural History, Volume III, Books 8-11 (Loeb Classical Library No. 353) by Pliny the Elder, Harris Rackham (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1940 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pliny: Natural History, Volume IX, Books 33-35. (Loeb Classical Library No. 394) by Pliny the Elder, Harris Rackham (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1952 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natural History, Volume VII: Books 24-27. Index of Plants. (Loeb Classical Library No. 393) by Pliny the Elder, A. C. Andrews (Primary Contributor), W. H. S. Jones (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natural History, Volume V: Books 17-19 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pliny: Natural History, Volume X, Books 36-37 (Loeb Classical Library No. 419) by Pliny the Elder, D.E. Eichholz (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Loeb Classical Library edition of Natural History (10 books)
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“In wine, there's truth.”
― Pliny the Elder, Pliny: Natural History IV

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“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.”
― Pliny the Elder

tags: better, glory, happier, meaning-of-life, purpose-of-life, world

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“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.”
― Pliny the Elder

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