How to Listen: An Ancient Guide to Learning from Others

A lively new translation of Plutarch’s charming and timeless essay on how to be a good listener—and why listening is essential to learning and living well

Listening is a skill—even an art—and it’s essential to learning and to life. Indeed, as Plutarch writes in How to Listen, “listening well is the foundation for living well.” In this volume, Jeffrey Beneker presents a vivid and accessible new translation of Plutarch’s classic essay about how to become a skilled listener, complete with an in...