Pliny the Elder Quotes


Man has learned how to challenge both Nature and art to become the incitements to vice! His very cups he has delighted to engrave with libidinous subjects, and he takes pleasure in drinking from vessels of obscene form!


Citations

Pliny the Elder. Natural History, Book 14. Translated by John Bostock and H.T. Riley, Taylor and Francis, 1855, p. 268.

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Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
  • Born: March 23, 2019
  • Died: August 25, 1979
  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Lawyer, Author, Natural Philosopher, Naturalist, Military Commander, Provincial Governor

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – 79), called Pliny the Elder (/ˈplɪni/), was a Roman author, a naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field.