TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pater,Walter
TI  - Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1
AV  - PR 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - Young men -- Fiction
KW  - Christian fiction
KW  - Rome -- Fiction
KW  - Christianity and other religions -- Roman -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_the_Epicurean; Release date is 2003-05-01; Alfred J. Drake. HTML version by Al Haines; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1" by Walter Pater is a philosophical novel written between 1881 and 1884. Set in second-century Rome, it follows a young patrician's intellectual and spiritual journey through a time of uncertainty. Marius explores various philosophies—from Epicureanism to Stoicism—while encountering the emerging Christian faith. As he questions each system's ability to provide meaning, he moves from youthful hedonism toward something deeper, guided by friendship, beauty, and an elusive sense of peace he glimpses in unexpected places. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4057
ER  -