Title:
How to be content : an ancient poet's guide for an age of excess / Horace ; selected, translated and introduced by Stephen Harrison.
Author:
Horace, author.
Harrison, S. J., editor, translator, writer of introduction.
Container of (expression): Horace. How to be content. English (Harrison)
Container of (expression): Horace. How to be content. Latin (Harrison)
Publication Information:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Call Number:
PA6394 .H37 2020
Abstract:
"The Roman poet Horace (65-8 BC) has long been read as a wise and pragmatic guide to living a good life. Writing at the very moment when Rome was transitioning from a republic to an empire, Romans found the advice in his poems appealing: live quietly and non-extravagantly amid the excesses of a materialistic society, avoid extreme emotions of any kind as psychologically damaging, place a value on friendship of all kinds, do not be afraid of death, and most famously live every day to the full as tomorrow may never come (carpe diem). But above all else, Horace advocated a life of contentment and self-sufficiency"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780691182520
Series:
Ancient wisdom for modern readers
Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
Physical Description:
x, 238 pages ; 18 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The search for the good life -- The importance of friendship -- Love -- the problem of passion -- Death -- the final frontier.
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