[COMPLETE] Marius the Epicurean, Vol 2 by Walter Pater - dc

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Marius the Epicurean, Volume 2 by Walter Pater (1839 - 1894).

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The conclusion of Pater's historico-philosophical novel about a young Roman nobleman's search for purpose and meaning. Set in the time of Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the book traces its title character's encounters with the stoicism of Aurelius, Eastern philosophical and religious movements, and Christianity as they reacted with Marius's own innate Epicureanism.

In exploring these issues, Pater focuses on themes of adult development, as he notes the impact of Marius's childhood experiences as they inform his adult thinking; the value of the aesthetic life (a favorite idea of Pater's); and the appeal of religion.

In addition, the work is stylistically distinct for its attempt to use classical historical and philosophical texts
to support and enrich a fictional narrative.

(DrPGould with help from Wikipedia)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4058
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    Keywords that describe the book: Christianity, Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius, Epicureanism

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Last edited by DrPGould on June 12th, 2018, 7:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Post by DrPGould »

Note to MC and Lynda:

I plan to go through this at a fairly consistent pace of 2-3 sections per week.

Many thanks for the guidance and help.

Philip
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Post by craigdav1 »

MW coming up!

Edit: Let me know if any changes are needed. Have fun!
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Thanks so much, Dave! Welcome aboard!

Philip
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Moving topic to Going Solo forum as the Launch Pad is getting cluttered.
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Post by DrPGould »

Lynda:

Section 1 is in the MW and ready for PL.

Many thanks,

Philip
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Post by Lmnei »

Hey Phillip -

Section 1 is PL OK!

Just one question - I noticed there are foot notes but you are reading over them. I could also not find the reference to the footnotes anywhere (other than 2 at the end of the chapter 15 which did not make sense as there were way more footnotes in the text than that). I presume that is why you are reading past the footnotes?

Lynda
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Post by DrPGould »

Many Thanks, Lynda for your PL.

To answer your question about footnotes, I will be reading them when they add meaning to the text. In the context of this chapter, the two foonotes concerned the two Greek phrases which were already explained in the text, so they would have been redundant. (I have another edition of this work in my library in hard copy...which doesn't contain any foonotes, but it is not PD so I am not reading from it). As far as I can see, in this edition the footnotes are always at the end of the chapter (so far).

Philip
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Lynda:

Section 2 is in the MW and Ready for PL.

Many thanks,

Philip
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Post by Lmnei »

Phillip -

Section 2 is PL OK!

Lynda
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Lynda:

Chapter 17 is in the MW and ready for PL.

Many thanks,

Philip
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Lynda:

Chapters 18 & 19 are in the MW and ready for PL.

Many thanks,

Philip
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Post by Lmnei »

Hi Phillip -

Chapter 17 is PL OK!

Lynda
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Thanks, Lynda!

Philip
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Post by Lmnei »

Phillip =

Chapters 18 and 19 are also PL OK too!

Very good readings!

Lynda
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