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Author:

Horace, author.

Title:

How to be content : an ancient poet's guide for an age of excess / Horace ; selected, translated and introduced by Stephen Harrison.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 238 pages ; 18 cm.

Subject:

Horace--Translations into English.
Horace--Criticism and interpretation.

Other Authors:

Harrison, S. J., writer of introduction. translator, writer of introduction.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

The search for the good life -- The importance of friendship -- Love -- the problem of passion -- Death -- the final frontier.

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Ancient wisdom for modern readers

ISBN:

0691182523
9780691182520

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1142907594

LCCN:

2020015296

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)