TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pater,Walter
TI  - Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2
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 2" by Walter Pater is a philosophical novel published in 1885. Set in second-century Rome, it follows young Marius as he searches for meaning amid competing philosophies and religions. After questioning both Epicureanism and Stoicism, he encounters a mysterious Christian community whose rituals and sense of purpose deeply move him. His journey culminates in an act of self-sacrifice that tests his beliefs and brings unexpected peace in his final moments. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4058
ER  -