“Past fearing death”: Epicurean ethics in Measure for Measure by Jonathan Pollock

“…The numerous allusions to Montaigne’s Essays and Lucretius’ De rerum natura, especially in Act III of Measure for Measure, suggest that non only an “evangelical” but an Epicurean reading of the play is possible, according to which the Duke is not so much a divine figure as an atomist philosopher, advocating measure (and pleasure) in all things.…”
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‘His Own Nearer Household Gods’: Pagans, Christians, and Marius the Epicurean’s Religious Hermeneutics by Jude Wright

“…Walter Pater’s Marius the Epicurean (1885) may be seen as part of the subgenre of the all but forgotten Historical Novel of Early Christianity, which is represented by such lights as Newman, Kingsley, and Wiseman. …”
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Hobbes and Kant: Materialism and Rhetoric by Gonzalo Bustamante Kuschel

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THE PHENOMENON OF “SIMULACRUM” IN THE WORKS OF TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS by Mariia A. Oleshchenko

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Mystical perspectives in interreligious dialogue by K. Waaijman

“…The article reflects, first of all, on Paul’s reaction to the questions and challenges of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in his audience that relates to this distinction. …”
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Dark Aesthete: Gothic Elements in the Fiction of Walter Pater by Geoffrey Johnston Sadock

“…It should now be acknowledged that he is also a master of the Gothic, whose synthesis of the beautiful and the horrific invests his fiction with a delayed but unforgettable urgency.After reviewing Pater's status in recent scholarship and defining ‘Gothic,’ ‘Dark Aesthete’ considers the kinds and instances of Gothic writing in his short stories, Marius the Epicurean, and unfinished novel Gaston de Latour (1889, revised text 1995). …”
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Marius’ ‘grammar of assent’: Pater’s Dialogue with Newman by John Coates

“…As well as admiration for Newman, Pater had some reservations. In Marius the Epicurean, contemporary with the unfinished essay, he explores several points in which he differed from a writer he valued. …”
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John Ruskin, William Morris and Walter Pater: From Nature to Musical Harmony in the Decorative Arts by Martine Lambert-Charbonnier

“…Patterns designed by Morris were loved by aesthetes who wanted their homes to mirror their dreams and aspirations and who embraced Walter Pater’s epicurean aesthetics. Pater’s celebration of music in The Renaissance as the ideal towards which all arts aspire, fostered the idea of interior design as a musical composition enhancing pure perception for the aesthetic mind. …”
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