{"product_id":"on-talkativeness-9781916809451","title":"On Talkativeness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It is a troublesome and difficult task that philosophy has in hand when it undertakes to cure garrulousness. For the remedy, words of reason, requires listeners; but the garrulous listen to nobody, for they are always talking.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlutarch's essay takes on an unusual philosophical problem: people who talk too much. In part an erudite and highly amusing history of the chatterbox as a social phenomenon, \u003ci\u003eOn Talkativeness\u003c\/i\u003e also finds its way to the heart of much more serious issues--among them the nature of sociability and civic obligation. Careless talk, it turns out, really can cost lives, and quite possibly a great deal more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Plutarch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Eris Gems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916809451","brand":"Eris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43256063721609,"sku":"9781916809451","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f3ed508b-fa57-44ec-9074-cf4233aa1f2c.jpg?v=1736236693","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/on-talkativeness-9781916809451","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}