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ROME AS A GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFE - SCOTT SAMUEL...

The Eternal City  Rome offers endless insights through its millennia of history  its centrality
to European art and religion  and the generations of travelers that have sought it out. This
book from philosopher Scott Samuelson offers readers a thinker's tour of Rome. Samuelson shows
how people have made sense of Rome as a scene of human nature and then envisioned the good
life-philosophers such as Lucretius and Seneca  but also poets and artists such as Horace and
Caravaggio  filmmakers like Fellini  and adventurers like Rosa Bathurst. He roots these
explorations and visions in the city of Rome itself: Samuelson introduces us to some of the
most famous sites in Rome (such as the Colosseum  the Forum  and the Campo de Fiori) by sharing
illuminating moments in their histories  and he discusses great works of art to be found in
Rome (such as Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath) by getting to the heart of the
knotty ethical and emotional questions they pose. And  practicing philosophy in place  he
tackles head-on the profound questions that most tours of Rome only bracket: What does it mean
to see the Forum through the eyes of Cicero? Does all this art about God really signify
anything? Should visitors really be impressed by these incredible sites built on the slaughter
and domination of others? What does all this history tell us about who we are? And  most
important  how can an afternoon Negroni help us find the good life? Samuelson's aim is to
provide an eclectic guide to Rome and happiness-a portable approach  blending history and
philosophy  for tourists and dreaming readers alike--

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