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Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius and P. G. Walsh (2000, Uk-Trade Paper)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100192838830

ISBN-139780192838834

eBay Product ID (ePID)1622685

Product Key Features

Book TitleConsolation of Philosophy

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Surveys / Medieval, Personal Growth / Happiness, Religious

Publication Year2000

GenrePhilosophy, Self-Help

AuthorBoethius, P. G. Walsh

Book SeriesOxford World's Classics Ser.

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight3.5 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-030457

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"An excellent introduction and overview of this important thinker's thought and legacy."-Calvin Theological Journal

Dewey Decimal189.4

SynopsisBoethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded. The Consolation of Philosophy dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; it inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante. 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 demeanor of the author, and the Meippean texture of part prose, part verse have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature, and religion ever since., 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 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 in to 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 have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and literature ever since.

LC Classification NumberB659