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Works

Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.
Checked on 2026-10-31
Table and recordsStreams
TraditionAll (4)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (0)Philosophy (0)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (3)Further afield (1)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (4)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (0)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (0)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (4)The path (0)Lives and lineages (0)Prayer and litany (0)Lyric (0)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)
FormAll (4)Prose (4)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)
LanguageAll (4)Arabic (0)Persian (0)Greek (3)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (1)Hebrew (0)Other (0)
PeriodAll (73)Archaic and classical Greek (7)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (4)Late antique (4)2nd century AH (5)3rd century AH (6)4th century AH (5)5th century AH (7)6th century AH (10)7th century AH (12)8th century AH (4)9th century AH (3)10th century AH (3)11th century AH (2)13th century AH (1)
In the readerAll (4)In the reader (0)Planned (0)Listed only (4)

4 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▼AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
To an Uneducated Ruler; Sayings of Kings and Commanders (Moralia)Πρὸς ἡγεμόνα ἀπαίδευτον; Βασιλέων ἀποφθέγματαPlutarch of ChaeroneaCounsel and governanceRoman imperialGreekListed only
Kingship OrationsΠερὶ βασιλείαςDio ChrysostomCounsel and governanceRoman imperialGreekListed only
Galen's synopsis of Plato's Republic (Arabic reception)جوامع كتاب أفلاطون في السياسة (Galen's synopsis of the Republic, as reported)Galen of PergamonCounsel and governanceRoman imperialGreekListed only
On ClemencyDe clementiaSenecaCounsel and governanceRoman imperialLatinListed only

Records

To an Uneducated Ruler; Sayings of Kings and Commanders (Moralia)

Πρὸς ἡγεμόνα ἀπαίδευτον; Βασιλέων ἀποφθέγματα

Pros hēgemona apaideuton; Basileōn apophthegmata

Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 46–after 119 CE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Roman imperial · Listed only

A ruler must first be ruled by reason ('law is the king of all');

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 100 CE, Chaeronea/Delphi (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Teubner Moralia; Loeb Babbitt/Fowler · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Loeb (Babbitt, Moralia vol. X) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

  • Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Kingship Orations

Περὶ βασιλείας

Peri basileias (Orations 1-4)

Dio Chrysostom (c. 40–after 110 CE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Roman imperial · Listed only

The good king imitates Zeus, the father;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 100-105 CE, Prusa, Rome (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Teubner (von Arnim) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Loeb (Cohoon and Crosby); Perseus · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

  • Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
  • Resonance, not influence: Cyropaedia (Education of Cyrus); Hiero The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Galen's synopsis of Plato's Republic (Arabic reception)

جوامع كتاب أفلاطون في السياسة (Galen's synopsis of the Republic, as reported)

Jawāmiʿ kitāb Aflāṭūn fī l-siyāsa (? title not verified)

Galen of Pergamon (129–c. 216 CE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Roman imperial · Listed only

A synopsis of the Republic attributed to Galen. Galen's synopses of Plato survive in Arabic in part: the Timaeus synopsis and fragments of others are edited by Kraus and Walzer (Plato Arabus I, 1951); whether a Republic synopsis is among them is not yet checked.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
unknown; not verified (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Kraus and Walzer 1951 (contents to be checked for a Republic synopsis) · © cite only probable
Not in the reader yet

On Clemency

De clementia

De clementia

Seneca (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Latin · Roman imperial · Listed only

Clemency makes power secure;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
55-56 CE, Rome (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Prechac (Budé) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Cooper and Procopé (CUP, Seneca: Moral and Political Essays 1995) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet