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 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.
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