{"product_id":"how-to-listen-an-ancient-guide-to-learning-from-others-hardcover","title":"How to Listen: An Ancient Guide to Learning from Others - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Beneker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Beneker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePlutarch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eListening is a skill--even an art--and it's essential to learning and to life. Indeed, as Plutarch writes in \u003ci\u003eHow to Listen\u003c\/i\u003e, \"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 inviting introduction and the original Greek on facing pages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlutarch is most famous as the author of \u003ci\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. But he was also an expert on teaching and learning and \u003ci\u003eHow to Listen\u003c\/i\u003e is arguably one of his best pedagogical works. A proponent of active listening well before its time, Plutarch explains the skills we need--and the obstacles and distractions we must overcome--to become effective listeners. Good listening requires, above all, an acknowledgement of our own ignorance in certain subjects and a commitment to gaining knowledge. We must set aside pride and envy so we can respect the expertise of others. We must also train ourselves to see through style and focus on substance, to discriminate between weak and strong arguments, and to criticize ideas fairly and accurately. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with shrewd insights and advice, \u003ci\u003eHow to Listen\u003c\/i\u003e shows how to cultivate a skill that everyone who wants to learn and live well must master.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlutarch \u003c\/b\u003e(c. AD 40-120), a native of Greece and a citizen of Rome, was a philosopher, writer, lecturer, and an expert on teaching and learning. He wrote many essays on ethics, history, science, and culture, in addition to \u003ci\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, his famous biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Beneker \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the editor and translator of Plutarch's \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Leader \u003c\/i\u003e(Princeton) and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Statesman: Eros and Politics in Plutarch's Lives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.8 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45431003775020,"sku":"9780691265582","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/B7WkAVwTA89780691265582.webp?v=1775231203","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/how-to-listen-an-ancient-guide-to-learning-from-others-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}