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Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2

by Walter Pater

Level C1 · AdvancedHistoricalPhilosophy15 chapters
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About this book

Amid the refined courts of ancient Rome, a young epicurean grapples with reconciling his intellectual ideals and the enduring pull of traditional morality, as eloquent Stoic teachings challenge his quest for a complete, graceful life.

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Contents

15 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER XV. STOICISM AT COURT
03CHAPTER XVI. SECOND THOUGHTS
04CHAPTER XVII. BEATA URBS
05CHAPTER XVIII. “THE CEREMONY OF THE DART”
06CHAPTER XIX. THE WILL AS VISION
07CHAPTER XX. TWO CURIOUS HOUSES
08CHAPTER XXI. TWO CURIOUS HOUSES
09CHAPTER XXII. “THE MINOR PEACE OF THE CHURCH”
10CHAPTER XXIII. DIVINE SERVICE.
11CHAPTER XXIV. A CONVERSATION NOT IMAGINARY
12CHAPTER XXV. SUNT LACRIMAE RERUM+

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