What if the philosopher who teaches acceptance of death begins to long for a life beyond it?

Alciphron leads the school of Epicurus in Athens. Young and admired, he teaches that the soul dies with the body and that a calm, pleasant life is enough. Yet his own longing will not rest. In Thomas Moore’s prose romance, The Epicurean, he leaves the Garden for Egypt, seeking what his teaching cannot give him.

Among the priests and monuments of Memphis, Alciphron meets Alethe, a gentle young woman whose quiet hope unsettles him and wins his love. Around them lie temple secrets, hidden rites and trials beneath the ground. As he faces ordeals of courage, purity and faith, his search for immortality becomes a struggle over what makes life worth living.

이 책에서 발견할 것들

• A restless philosopher Follow Alciphron as his longing for immortality draws him beyond the teachings he leads.
• Love that unsettles certainty Meet Alethe, whose gentle presence brings love and quiet hope into his restless search.
• Secrets beneath the temple Enter a world where priests guard their knowledge and demand more than a stranger’s curiosity.
• Egypt in rich detail Picture moonlight on the Nile, torchlit tombs and the great monuments of Memphis.
• Questions that press close Explore the pull of pleasure, faith and love against the fear of death.

이런 분들이 좋아할 거예요

고대 세계의 모험, 이집트를 그린 풍성한 묘사, 비밀 신전과 대담한 탈출을 좋아한다면 즐겁게 읽을 수 있어요. 깊이 간직한 신념을 시험하는 사랑 이야기를 좋아하는 경우에도 잘 맞아요.