Summary Of Leadership By Plutarch

Being one of the reasons someone believes in the goodness of people is quite an extraordinary achievement one that, according to Plutarch, Agis fully accomplished. He, from the beginning, asks the question of what a good man looks like. Stated quite early in the book, Plutarch says that “The man, indeed, whose goodness is complete and perfect will have no need at all of glory.” Agis got his glory, obvious in the writing of this book, but he still didn’t have a burning desire of it. Plutarch applies his own logic and belief to this fact simply by writing that with the right nurturing and care a great man can prevail who knows that all that is glorious may not be good. This book brilliantly written by Plutarch has the common theme of Agis’ life,

Using herdsmen’s sayings, he explains that the leaders who try to go with the public flow ultimately make themselves the slaves of the people of whom the leaders are supposed to be governing. Plutarch makes a point to say that although this person may call himself a ruler, he is just a servant to the multitude. He comes to the conclusion that if someone is searching for favor in the eyes of society, he cannot make the best choices for the common good because all that the leader is searching for is glory from the

Somethings that should have been elaborated on were not, but, things that were necessary to the argument were thoughtfully explained, to me this was the book’s greatest achievement. Apart from explanation, Plutarch very well managed the task of applying his thoughts to the life of the good man, Agis. From this I gained a sense of understanding what a fully good person should be like, according to Plutarch, and it forced me to ask myself how God would see this view of life. I believe that the Bible supports that idea every man is greedy, shown in the way we conduct ourselves on a daily basis with money, or accomplishments, or even praise. Humans don’t need glory, but we crave it and the Bible supports that you can ever fully rid of that desire. This was one of the few little controversies against this book. However, this story does demonstrate the act of forgiveness which the Bible supports as being a key trait in a good person, because Jesus, the most perfect human to ever walk this earth could forgive all of the human race’s past, present, and future sins. If he can do all that, forgiving someone for, in the long run, a little wrong doing, is nothing at