Plutarque, dans ce trait�, se propose d'expliquer la fable d'Isis et d'Osiris, deux divinit�s �gyptiennes, et de rendre compte des opinions diff�rentes auxquelles cette fable avait donn� lieu. II l'a fait, dit l'abb� Batteux, avec une sorte de gravit� religieuse, qui annonce non-seulement les recherches et les soins de l'auteur, mais encore son respect pour le sujet qu'il traite. On y remarque, en effet, que Plutarque n'a rien n�glig� pour s'instruire de tout ce qui pouvait jeter du jour sur une mati�re si obscure; qu'il a consult�, tous les monuments connus de son temps; qu'il a port� m�me ses recherches plus loin que l'Egypte; qu'il a puis�, dans la doctrine all�gorique de plusieurs autres peuples orientaux, des objets de comparaison qui pussent donner plus de poids au sentiment qu'il avait embrass�. Il y expose l'opinion de Platon et de son �cole sur les deux causes oppos�es, qui produisent tout ce qui se fait dans l'univers, l'une principe du bien, l'autre du mal; la premi�re toujours occup�e � �tablir dans le monde l'ordre et l'harmonie d'apr�s lesquels il a �t� form�, et qui sont analogues � sa nature; la seconde sans cesse appliqu�e � contrarier les vues de l'autre, � introduire dans l'univers les d�sordres physiques et moraux qui en troublent l'�conomie. Cette opinion, que Plutarque a �tablie plus d'une fois dans ses ouvrages, et dont il suit la trace � travers les traditions de presque tous les peuples, �tait son syst�me favori, et il fuit tous ses efforts pour y ramener les interpr�tations qu'il donne des diff�rentes parties de la fable �gyptienne d'Isis et d'Osiris.

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