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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers: How To Be Content - The Problem of Passion Pt. 1
The Daily Stoic
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The Daily Stowak Podcast takes a deeper dive into ancient topics with excerpts from the stoic texts, audiobooks and other long form wisdom. In today's episode we're drawing from a collection of the poems of Horace which was published by the Princeton University Press Series for Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers. The central importance of peace of mind and moderation in Horace's approach to the good life means that his poetry consistently takes a negative view of extreme erotic passion of a romantic kind. This is consistent with most of the philosophical schools of the time, which stress the potentially deleterious effects of such acute emotions on the human psyche.
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