The Ancient Art of Growing Old
Author: Payne, Tom
ISBN: 9780099573180
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 18 Apr 2016
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
An original, accessible exploration of Greek and Latin wisdom on age and ageing
Bette Davis said 'Old age ain't no place for sissies'. If that's true, we could all use a little help as we approach our twilight years. Translator Tom Payne turns to Ovid, Seneca, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aristophanes to discover invigorating counsel on mental decline, medicine, late love affairs, death and legacy. This lively tour of ancient attitudes to ageing, supplemented by a translation of Cicero's 'On Old Age', reveals the true art of growing old gracefully.
ISBN: 9780099573180
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 18 Apr 2016
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
An original, accessible exploration of Greek and Latin wisdom on age and ageing
Bette Davis said 'Old age ain't no place for sissies'. If that's true, we could all use a little help as we approach our twilight years. Translator Tom Payne turns to Ovid, Seneca, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aristophanes to discover invigorating counsel on mental decline, medicine, late love affairs, death and legacy. This lively tour of ancient attitudes to ageing, supplemented by a translation of Cicero's 'On Old Age', reveals the true art of growing old gracefully.
