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The Consolation of Philosophy

  • Hardback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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Boethius composed the Consolatio Philosophiae in the sixth century AD 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 (part prose, part verse; Boethius was a considerable poet) have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and of literature ever since. Professor Walsh has included an introduction and explanatory notes which combined with his new translation make the text accessible to general readers and scholars alike.
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  • Author

    Boethius

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    January 1999

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    445g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198152286

  • ISBN-10

    0198152280

  • Eden Code

    1147097

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