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  • Studies in the History of the Renaissance

    by Walter Pater ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake' In Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), a diffident Oxford don produced an audacious and incalculably influential defence of aestheticism. Through his highly idiosyncratic readings of some of the finest paintings, sculptures, and poems of the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Heaven Is a Breath Away

    An Unexpected Journey to Heaven and Back

    A story of a near-death experience and miraculous survival. "An eye-opening look into the heavenly realm. It will inspire you and build your faith!" (Doug Addison author of Understand Your Dreams Now).When a massive pileup on an Arizona highway caused Valerie Paters and her Jeep to be entombed beneath a semi truck in a blinding snowstorm, it seemed certain that her life would soon end. Once ... Read more

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  • A Merry Christmas

    by PATER ...
    Series series Poppedin
    Poppedin is a curious furry purple cat on adventure in- and around the house. This time Poppedin is in for a surprise when he wakes up on Christmas morning. ... Read more

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  • A Big Splash

    by PATER ...
    Series series Poppedin
    Poppedin is a curious furry purple cat on adventure in- and around the house. It’s a beautiful day. Poppedin is exploring the garden. There he finds a pond where a couple of fish are playing a game. Can Poppedin join them? ... Read more

    $1.15 USD

  • The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry

    by Walter Pater ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 - 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic....his study of "Aesthetic Poetry" appeared in the Fortnightly Review, to be succeeded by essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola and Michelangelo. These, with other similar studies, were collected in his Studies in the History of ... Read more

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  • Aesthetic Poetry

    Exploring the Beauty of Poetic Form and Style in the 19th Century

    by Walter Pater ...
    In "Aesthetic Poetry," Walter Pater delves into the intricate relationship between art, beauty, and emotional experience, elucidating how poetry transcends mere words to evoke profound aesthetic sensations. The book embraces a richly evocative literary style that reflects the Pre-Raphaelite ideals of the late 19th century, while engaging with contemporary figures such as John Keats and Baudelaire. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Marius The Epicurean, Volume 1 (Unabridged)

    by Walter PATER ...
    Narrated by Tommy Ferris ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 32 min

    Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboration, his ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty as opposed to bare asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal of its own. The principles of what would be known as the Aesthetic movement were partly ... Read more

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  • Planetary Sciences

    An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences, this award-winning textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical, and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. This updated second edition has been revised and improved while maintaining its existing structure and organization. Many data tables and plots have been updated to ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

  • The Renaissance

    by Walter Pater ...
    This fantastic classic text is Pater's graceful collection of essays discussing the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. The book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible. His cry of "art for art's sake" became the manifesto of the Aesthetic Movement, and his assessments of Renaissance art have ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Renaissance

    Studies in Art and Poetry

    by Walter Pater ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    Published to great acclaim in 1873, Walter Pater's compendium of idiosyncratic, impressionistic essays on the Renaissance gained him a reputation as a daring modern philosopher. Oscar Wilde called it the "holy writ of beauty." It was Pater's cry of "art for art's sake" that became the manifesto for the aesthetic movement. He believed that art should be sensual and that beauty should rank as the ... Read more

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  • Plato and Platonism

    by Walter Pater ...
    WITH the world of intellectual production, as with that of organic generation, nature makes no sudden starts. Natura nihil facit per saltum; and in the history of philosophy there are no absolute beginnings. Fix where we may the origin of this or that doctrine or idea, the doctrine of "reminiscence," for instance, or of "the perpetual flux," the theory of "induction," or the philosophic view of ... Read more

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  • Marius the Epicurean, Vol 2

    Enriched edition. A Roman Nobleman's Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment

    In the second volume of "Marius the Epicurean," Walter Horatio Pater continues the intricate exploration of philosophical contemplation threaded through the protagonist's journey in the heart of ancient Rome. Pater's literary style interweaves lyrical prose with vivid descriptions, creating an immersive experience that captures the emotional and sensory richness of Epicurean philosophy. The novel ... Read more

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