01857nam0a22003133i 4500001002000000003000800020005001700028006001900045007000300064008004100067020001800108020001500126040001700141041000800158050002400166100003000190245014100220260006600361300002800427490003800455500001900493505011500512520062100627546008801248600006301336600005901399700004601458830003901504IT\ICCU\PAV\0179699BJBSDDR20230411090813.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta220824s2020    nju||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780691182520  a0691182523  cBJBSDDRbeng  aeng14aPA 6411bH811h 20201 aHorace, d65 B.C.-8 B.C. 10aHow to be content : ban ancient poet's guide for an age of excess / cHorace ; Selected, translated, and introduced by Stephen Harrison  aPrinceton, New Jersey : bPrinceton University Press, c2020.  ax, 238 pages ; c18 cm.0 aAncient wisdom for modern readers  aIncludes index  aThe search for the good life
The importance of friendship
Love
the problem of passion
Death
the final frontier  aThe 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  aIncludes selected text from all of Horace's works in Latin with English translation04aHoracio, d65-8 a. de J. C xCrítica e interpretación 04aHoracio, d65-8 a. de J. C vTraducciones al inglés 1 aHarrison, Stephen J., d1960- etraductor 0aAncient wisdom for modern readers