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Title:

On pleasure (voluptas) in the works of Horace  
O przyjemności (voluptas) w twórczości Kwintusa Horacjusza Flakkusa

Creator:

Pacewicz, Artur

Subject and Keywords:

Horace   Aristippus of Cyrene   Augustan poetry   philosophy   Cyreneans   voluptas  
Horacy   Arystyp z Cyreny   poezja augustowska   filozofia   Cyrenaicy   voluptas

Abstract:

In the poetry of Horace, one can find two statements in the first person singular that point to the possible philosophical position of their lyric subject. The first one identifies this position with Cyrenaism (Ep. I 1) and the other one – with Epicureanism (Ep. I 4). While both philosophies are concerned with the concept of pleasure, which is elevated here to the highest value, they understand it differently. This paper is divided into two parts. The former offers a short reconstruction of the concept of pleasure in the aforementioned philosophies and the latter presents an analysis of those fragments of Horace’s poetry in which the concept of voluptas appears. The analysis shows that in his poetry Horace is inclined to Epicurean rather than to Cyrenaic philosophy.

Publisher:

Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych

Date issued:

2015

Detailed Type:

czasopisma (wydawnictwa ciągłe)

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:79979   ISSN 0239-6661

DOI:

10.23734/WSC.2015.4.219.232

Language:

eng   pol

Rights holder:

Copyright by Artur Pacewicz

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