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Walter Pater
English essayist and art critic, associated with aestheticism.
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Also known as Pater
First appearance: heretics
Walter Pater shows up with force in VII: Omar and the Sacred Vine. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as a proponent of the 'carpe diem' religion, urging enjoyment of exquisite moments for their own sake, which Chesterton condemns as sterilizing.
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In VII: Omar and the Sacred Vine: Cited as a proponent of the 'carpe diem' religion, urging enjoyment of exquisite moments for their own sake, which Chesterton condemns as sterilizing. Later, in XII: Paganism and Mr.
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