Marius the Epicurean : his sensations and ideas /
"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 s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Kansas City :
Valancourt Books,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st Valancourt books ed. |
| Series: | Valancourt classics.
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| Summary: | "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 finding what he had sougnt in the terrible beauty of Christian martyrdom."--Publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in 1885 by Macmillan and Co., London"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xxiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781934555286 1934555282 |