Horace,   65 B.C.-8 B.C.  <br/><br/>
How to be content :   an ancient poet's guide for an age of excess /  
Horace ; Selected, translated, and introduced by Stephen Harrison 
 - Princeton, New Jersey :   Princeton University Press,   2020. 
 - x, 238 pages ;   18 cm. 
 - Ancient wisdom for modern readers .
 - Ancient wisdom for modern readers  .
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>The search for the good life<br/>The importance of friendship<br/>Love<br/>the problem of passion<br/>Death<br/>the final frontier 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><br/>Includes selected text from all of Horace's works in Latin with English translation 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691182520 0691182523 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Horacio,  65-8 a. de J. C  --Crítica e interpretación <br/>Horacio,  65-8 a. de J. C  --Traducciones al inglés 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PA 6411  / H811h 2020