{"product_id":"9780691220345","title":"How to Have Willpower","description":"Author: Prudentius\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691220345\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLively new translations of two classical works that offer wise advice about how to resist temptation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Have Willpower\u003c\/i\u003e brings together two profound ancient meditations on how to overcome pressures that encourage us to act against our own best interests  Plutarch's essay \u003ci\u003eOn Dysopia\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eHow to Resist Pressure\u003c\/i\u003e and Prudentius's poetic allegory \u003ci\u003ePsychomachia\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eHow to Slay Your Demons.\u003c\/i\u003e Challenging the idea that humans are helpless victims of vice, these works  introduced and presented in vivid, accessible new prose translations by Michael Fontaine, with the original Latin and Greek texts on facing pages  emphasise the power of personal choice and the possibility of personal growth, as they offer insights and practical advice about resisting temptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of the best ancient self-help writing, Plutarch, a pagan Greek philosopher and historian, offers a set of practical recommendations and steps we can take to resist pressure and to stop saying 'yes' against our better judgment. And in a delightfully different work, Prudentius, a Latin Christian poet, dramatises the necessity to actively fight temptation through the story of an epic battle within the human soul between fierce warrior women representing our virtues and vices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlutarch and Prudentius insist that we allow pressure or temptations to get the best of us. But they also agree that we can do something about it. And their wisdom can help.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803809697950,"sku":"ADS-9780691220345","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691220345.jpg?v=1778206193","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691220345","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}