Carpe diem returning to the normal and normative behaviors of Mesopotamian society." In Horace, the phrase is part of the longer , which can be translated as "Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow (the future)". The ode says that the future is unforeseen and that one should not leave to chance future happenings, but rather one should do all one can today to make one's future better. This phrase is usually understood against Horace's Epicurean background. The meaning of as used by Horace is not to ignore the future, but rather not to trust that everything is going to
Carpe diem Carpe diem is the second-person singular present active imperative of "carpō" "pick or pluck" used by Horace to mean "enjoy, seize, use, make use of". "Diem" is the accusative of "dies" "day". A more literal translation of would thus be "pluck the day [as it is ripe]"—that is, enjoy the moment. Text from "Odes" : Perhaps the first written expression of the concept is the advice given by Siduri to Gilgamesh, telling him to forgo his mourning and embrace life although some scholars see it as simply urging Gilgamesh to abandon his mourning, "reversing the liminal rituals of mourning and