Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas by Walter Pater Vintage Book c1927.


Condition of note: Some light colour fading to the covers.


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.


Published by Jonathan Cape, 1927 and is part of The Travellers' Library series. The book is in a good condition all round and is quite a unique novel told in prose by the author.


Book measures 18cm (7") x 12cm (5") with 384 pages.



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