TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horace
AU  - Harrison,Stephen
TI  - How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess 
T2  - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
SN  - 9780691208497
AV  - PA6394 .H37 2020
U1  - 874/.01 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Augustinian
KW  - Augustus
KW  - Epicurean
KW  - Horace biography
KW  - Horace commentary
KW  - Horace in context
KW  - Horace poetry selection
KW  - Horace
KW  - Horatian
KW  - Roman lyric poet
KW  - Stoic
KW  - annotated Horace poems
KW  - biographical context
KW  - commentaries
KW  - happiness
KW  - historical context
KW  - how to be happy
KW  - how to live
KW  - ideas
KW  - interpretations
KW  - life advice
KW  - literary criticism
KW  - meaning of Horace poems
KW  - meaning of Horace poetry
KW  - new Horace translation
KW  - philosophy
KW  - seize the day
KW  - selected Horace poems
KW  - thought
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; Chapter 1 THE SEARCH FOR THE GOOD LIFE --; Chapter 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP --; Chapter 3 LOVE—THE PROBLEM OF PASSION --; Chapter 4 DEATH—THE FINAL FRONTIER --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment 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.Living during the reign of Rome’s first emperor, Horace drew on Greek and Roman philosophy, especially Stoicism and Epicureanism, to write poems that reflect on how to live a thoughtful and moderate life amid mindless over-consumption, how to achieve and maintain true love and friendship, and how to face disaster and death with patience and courage. From memorable counsel on the pointlessness of worrying about the future to valuable advice about living in the moment, these poems, by the man who famously advised us to carpe diem or “harvest the day,” continue to provide brilliant meditations on perennial human problems.Featuring translations of, and commentary on, complete poems from Horace’s Odes, Satires, Epistles, and Epodes, accompanied by the original Latin, How to Be Content is both an ideal introduction to Horace and a compelling book of timeless wisdom
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691208497?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691208497
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691208497/original
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