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Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, 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 hi ...Show more
Consolations of Philosophy by Boethius, transl. David R. Slavitt
Category: Culture
In this highly praised new translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy David R. Slavitt presents a graceful, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of one of the great masterpieces of philosophical literature and those encountering it for the first time. Slavitt preserves t ...Show more
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. "The Consolation" was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution ...Show more
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius; Richard H. Green (Translation & Notes)
Category: Philosophy and Religion
2016 Reprint of the 1962 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Translated, with an introduction and notes by Richard H. Green. "The Consolation of Philosophy" was written in the sixth-century and has been described as having had the single mos ...Show more
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