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.

Info autore

Horace
Selected, translated, and introduced by Stephen Harrison

Riassunto

What are the secrets to a contented life?

Testo aggiuntivo

"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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Harrison, Horace, Stephen Horace Harrison
• Con la collaborazione di: Stephen Harrison (Editore e traduzione)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780691182520
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18252-0
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 121 mm x 180 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers; Ancient Wisdom for Modern Read
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; 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