How to Be Content [electronic resource] : An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess
Horace2020
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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 overconsumption, how to
achieve and maintain t...
Main title:
Author:
Horace, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HighBridge Audio, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (74 MB, 02:43:30 H)
Performers:
Narrator: P.J. Ochlan
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781696603355
Language:
English
BRN:
528073
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