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The Consolation of Philosophy (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Royal Classics
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

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The Consolation of Philosophy was written in 523 AD during a one-year imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial-and eventual execution-for the alleged crime of treason under King Theodoric the Great. Boethius held the prestigious office of magister officiorum in Rome, but was brought down by treachery. The text reflects on how evil can exist in a world governed by God and how happiness is still attainable amidst fickle fortune, and considers the nature of happiness and God.

The Consolation of Philosophy has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, as well as the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Readers of the text were encouraged not to seek worldly goods such as money and power, but to seek internalized virtues. With its note of fatalism and its affinities with the Christian doctrine of humility, The Consolation of Philosophy stands midway between the pagan philosophy of Seneca the Younger and the later Christian philosophy of consolation represented by Thomas

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The Consolation of PhilosophyThe Consolation of Philosophy (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
  • Author

    Boethius

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Royal Classics

  • Published

    February 2021

  • Weight

    368g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781774761823

  • ISBN-10

    1774761823

  • Eden Code

    5532856

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