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How to have willpower : an ancient guide to not giving in /

"In this addition to the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers (AWMR) series, Michael Fontaine offers new and fresh translations of two key texts on coping with internal appetites and external pressure, with different perspectives. The first text is an essay by Plutarch, focusing on moral weakness....

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Other Authors:	Fontaine, Michael (Editor, Translator), Plutarch, Prudentius, 348-
Format:	Book
Language:	English Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Latin
Language Notes:	Parallel Ancient Greek and Latin text with English translation.
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025]
Series:	Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
Subjects:	Virtue > Early works to 1800. Temptation > Early works to 1800. Vertus > Ouvrages avant 1800. Tentation > Ouvrages avant 1800. PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General. Greek literature Latin literature Temptation Virtue poetry. Translations Essays. Poetry. Poésie.

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