The concept of the limit of reason in Plutarch’s thought

The concept of the limit in antiquity, especially in relation to ethics, is treated quite clearly in Plutarch’s moral work. The reflection of the thinker from Chaeronea shows how ancient thought arrives at completely original and, in some ways, revolutionary conclusions when it is used to explain the praxis of human behaviour and the limits of reason. This article examines how the question of the limit of reason is discussed in two treatises that deal with the topic of managing anger and the way one can take advantage of one’s enemies. While anger certainly constitutes the internal limit to the possibility of human beings to manage its destiny through the use of reason, the relationship with enemies certainly represents its external limit.