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The consolation of philosophy / Boethius ; translated with introduction and explanatory notes by P.G. Walsh.
Author
Boethius, -524
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Uniform title
De consolatione philosophiae.
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description
lvii, 171 pages ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
B659.D472 E5 1999
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Philosophy and religion
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Early works to 1800
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Happiness
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Early works to 1800
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Philosophy and religion
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Translator
Walsh, P. G. (Patrick Gerard)
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Series
Oxford world's classics
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Summary note
Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. whilst awaiting death under torture. He had been condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This work dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; writers as diverse as Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante were inspired by it. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation.
The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanour of the author, and the 'Menippean' texture of part prose, part verse (Boethius was a considerable poet) have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and literature ever since. The book should therefore prove to be of value to students and scholars of classics, philosophy, and religion as well as to more general readers.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [liv]-lvii) and index.
Contents
Boethius' Life and Writings
The Consolation of Philosophy
The Christianity of Boethius.
ISBN
0198152280
9780198152286
0192838830
9780192838834
LCCN
98030457
OCLC
39654994
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