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Marius the Epicurean

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It was as a critic and a humanist that Pater , a teaching fellow at Oxford, became a powerful influence on his own and succeeding generations, claiming disciples as diverse as Virginia Woolf and Ezra Pound. This has been described as "the most highly finished of all his works and the expression of his deepest thought". It is the story of Marius, the grave and thoughtful young man whose reactions to the diverse philosophical forces of his times the Golden Book of Lucius Apuleius, the stoicism of Marcus Aurelius, the tranquil beauties of the old Roman religion, and the lurid horrors of the Christian persecution are interestingly and imaginatively depicted.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: January 07, 1986

ISBN: 0140432361

ISBN 13: 9780140432367

Marius the Epicurean

3.5/5 ( ratings)

It was as a critic and a humanist that Pater , a teaching fellow at Oxford, became a powerful influence on his own and succeeding generations, claiming disciples as diverse as Virginia Woolf and Ezra Pound. This has been described as "the most highly finished of all his works and the expression of his deepest thought". It is the story of Marius, the grave and thoughtful young man whose reactions to the diverse philosophical forces of his times the Golden Book of Lucius Apuleius, the stoicism of Marcus Aurelius, the tranquil beauties of the old Roman religion, and the lurid horrors of the Christian persecution are interestingly and imaginatively depicted.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: January 07, 1986

ISBN: 0140432361

ISBN 13: 9780140432367

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