There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce a better in its place.

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It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

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But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

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"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce "a better in its place."

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B