English summary: While he did not invent private life, Horace offered writers of early modernity various modes and forms of expression for thinking about the complex relationship between private and public during the time in which they lived, which was one of religious, political and epistemological upheaval. French description: S'il n'a pas invente la vie privee, Horace a offert aux ecrivains de la premiere modernite divers modes et formes d'expression pour penser le rapport complexe du prive au public a l'epoque de bouleversements religieux, politique et epistemologique qui est la leur.