Consolation of Philosophy - Softcover

Boethius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672602733 ISBN 13: 9780672602733

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1962

Synopsis

An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. AD 475-525) was also an exceptional Greek scholar and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favour and was imprisoned in Pavia. Written in the period leading up to his brutal execution, it is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' Philosophy, whose instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restores his health and brings him to enlightenment.

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About the Author:

An aristocratic scholar and philosopher and one of the most influential members of the court of the Ostrogoth ruler Theodoric, Boethius (born c. 480 AD) was arrested for alleged treason (which he denied). During his confinement in northern Italy, he wrote his masterpiece, "The Consolation of Philosophy," a work in which he considers universal issues. Executed in about 526 AD.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0672602733
• ISBN 13: 9780672602733
• Binding: Paperback