Chapter XXVIII.

Name: Complete Works of Plutarch— Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies - Chapter XXVIII.
Author: Plutarch

WHENCE IT IS THAT IN ANIMALS THERE ARE APPETITES AND PLEASURES.

Empedocles says that the want of those elements which compose animals gives to them appetite, and pleasures spring from humidity. As to the motions of dangers and such like things as perturbations, etc. ...

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Chicago: Plutarch, "Chapter XXVIII.," Complete Works of Plutarch— Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, ed. Firth, John B. and trans. Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 in Complete Works of Plutarch—Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Original Sources, accessed March 15, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8MS4TDJGC9BB9JS.

MLA: Plutarch. "Chapter XXVIII." Complete Works of Plutarch— Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, edited by Firth, John B., and translated by Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893, in Complete Works of Plutarch—Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, Original Sources. 15 Mar. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8MS4TDJGC9BB9JS.

Harvard: Plutarch, 'Chapter XXVIII.' in Complete Works of Plutarch— Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, ed. and trans. . cited in , Complete Works of Plutarch—Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies. Original Sources, retrieved 15 March 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8MS4TDJGC9BB9JS.