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02237aam a2200349 i 4500 001 00963F72684911EBB0377CA823ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210206010012 008 200404s2020 njua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2020015296 020 $a 0691182523 020 $a 9780691182520 035 $a (OCoLC)1142907594 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d TOH $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UBY $d OCLCO $d BUP $d SILO 041 1 $a lat $a lat $h lat 100 0 $a Horace, $e author. 245 10 $a How to be content : $b an ancient poet's guide for an age of excess / $c Horace ; selected, translated and introduced by Stephen Harrison. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a x, 238 pages ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Ancient wisdom for modern readers 500 $a Includes index. 546 $a Includes selected text from all of Horace's works in Latin with English translation. 505 0 $a The search for the good life -- The importance of friendship -- Love -- the problem of passion -- Death -- the final frontier. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Horace $v Translations into English. 600 00 $a Horace $x Criticism and interpretation. 700 1 $a Harrison, S. J., $e writer of introduction. $e translator, $e writer of introduction. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Horace. $t How to be content. $d Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020 $z 9780691208497 $w (DLC) 2020015297 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210206010644.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=00963F72684911EBB0377CA823ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search