Bias

1. De liberis educandis Plutarch 1 authority 1 citation

   de liberis educandis

   Bias, 'the philosopher,' is explicitly named as the source of the quoted comparison used to argue for philosophy's supremacy.

   Witty also was the saying of Bias, the philosopher, that, as the wooers of Penelope, when they could not have their desire of the mistress, contented themselves to have to do with her maids, so commonly those students who are not capable of understanding philosophy waste themselves in the study of those sciences that are of no value.

2. De recta ratione audiendi Plutarch 1 neutral 1 citation

   de recta ratione audiendi

   The anecdote about Bias is reported as an illustrative tradition rather than argued for or against.

   And Bias of old, being ordered by Amasis to send him the best and withal the worst part of the sacrifice, sent the tongue;

3. Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat Plutarch 1 authority 1 citation

   locus not recovered

   Bias is named explicitly, alongside Chilo, as a sage authority whose sentences are said to agree with those found in the poets.

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