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Set in the second century A.D. against the backdrop of a Roman Empire on the verge of decline, "Marius the Epicurean" is the story of the philosophical and spiritual development of Marius, a young Italian serving as amanuensis to the great emperor Marcus Aurelius. Marius explores the various systems of philosophy in search of an elusive vision of love, moving from Epicureanism to Cyrenaicism and finally Stoicism before finally finding what he had sought in the terrible beauty of Christian martyrdom.
"Marius the Epicurean", first published in 1885, has been described as "the most highly finished of all his (Pater´s) works and the expression of his deepest thought".
"Marius the Epicurean" is the rare novel that is as significant for its style as for its plot. Told in Pater's uniquely exquisite and poetic prose, Marius became a profound influence on writers of the Aesthetic and Decadent movements of the late Victorian era, including Pater's former student, Oscar Wilde. It is also an important forerunner of the psychological novels of Joyce, Woolf, James, and Conrad, all of whom absorbed into their fictional techniques Pater's emphasis on the rendering of impressions and his presentation of character and point of view.
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GenrePhilosophy, Biography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length11 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 6, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1. "The Religion Of Numa"
2Chapter 2. White-Nights
3Chapter 3. Change Of Air
4Chapter 4. The Tree Of Knowledge
5Chapter 5. The Golden Book
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6Chapter 6. Euphuism
7Chapter 7. A Pagan End
8Chapter 8. Animula Vagula
9Chapter 9. New Cyrenaicism
10Chapter 10. On The Way
11Chapter 11. "The Most Religious City In The World"
12Chapter 12. The Divinity That Doth Hedge A King
13Chapter 13. The "Mistress And Mother" Of Palaces
14Chapter 14. Manly Amusement
15Chapter 15. Stoicism At Court
16Chapter 16. Second Thoughts
17Chapter 17. Beata Urbs
18Chapter 18. "The Ceremony Of The Dart"
19Chapter 19. The Will As Vision
20Chapter 20. Two Curious Houses
21Chapter 21. Two Curious Houses
22Chapter 22. "The Minor Peace Of The Church"
23Chapter 23. Divine Service
24Chapter 24. A Conversation Not Imaginary
25Chapter 25. Sunt Lacrimae Rerum
26Chapter 26. The Martyrs
27Chapter 27. The Triumph Of Marcus Aurelius
28Chapter 28. Anima Naturaliter Christiana
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