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How to Be Content : An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess /

"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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Horace (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Harrison, S. J. (Traducteur, author of introduction.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
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Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Collection:Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The search for the good life
  • The importance of friendship
  • Love--the problem of passion
  • Death--the final frontier.