The consolation of philosophy / Boethius ; translated with introduction and explanatory notes by P.G. Walsh.

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Boethius, -524 [Browse]
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Book
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English
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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lvii, 171 pages ; 22 cm

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    • 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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