marius the epicurean his sensations and ideas
No CoverPhilosophical novel set in 2nd-century Rome tracing one man's pursuit of aesthetic and spiritual fulfillment amid Epicurean and Christian ideas.
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Philosophical novel set in 2nd-century Rome tracing one man's pursuit of aesthetic and spiritual fulfillment amid Epicurean and Christian ideas.
Walter Pater (1839-94) was the foremost Victorian writer on art and on aesthetic experience. He brought his extensive knowledge of the history of art to bear on the new problem of how to explain the very personal affective response to beauty, and raised this into a central concern of aesthetic and philosophical thought. His ideas still shape modern assumptions about how art plays on our feelings and intellectual responses. This edition of Pater's complete works was published in 1900-1 in a limit...
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Central exploration of spirituality, Epicureanism, and conversion to Christianity
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Roman imperial setting with philosophical reflections on society
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