How to Be Content - An Ancient Poet''s Guide for an Age of Excess

What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections on Roman society, but also for his wisdom about how to live a good life--above all else, a life of contentment in a world of materialistic excess and personal pressures. In How to Be Content, Stephen Harrison, a leading authority on the poet, provides fresh, contemporary translations of poems from across Horace's works that continue to offer important lessons about the good life, friendship, love, and death.

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Horace
Selected, translated, and introduced by Stephen Harrison

Summary

What are the secrets to a contented life?

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"This book is a delight. . . . This should be in the pocket of every lover of Latin literature, and especially of Horace."---Peter Jones, Classics for All

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Harrison, Horace, Stephen Horace Harrison
• Assisted by: Stephen Harrison (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780691182520
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18252-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 121 mm x 180 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers; Ancient Wisdom for Modern Read
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, SELF-HELP / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Self-help & personal development, Psychology: emotions, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500