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Boethius wrote this work in the 6th century AD while awaiting torture and death on a charge of treason. Though a 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.
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The Consolation of Philosophy, Anitius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boëthius
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- 2000
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- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0192838830
- ISBN13
- 9780192838834
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Religion, Spirituality, Christian Themes, Christianity, Theology, Philosophy and Religion, Consolation, Dialogue, Ancient Literature, Early Middle Ages, Ancient Philosophy, Scholasticism
- Original title
- De consolatione philosophiae, 524
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- Boethius wrote this work in the 6th century AD while awaiting torture and death on a charge of treason. Though a 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.