Variations of the Ethics of Measure as the Principle of Happiness in the Poetry of Horace.
This article looks at Horace's two Books of Satires, Books I-III of the Odes and the First Book of Epistles in the perspective of the following thesis. One of the most important themes of Horace's poetry is happiness, and measure and moderation are the means to bring about and secure a happy life. I...
| Published in: | Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 115 - 134 |
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2011
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