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Boethius 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
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- Author
- Boethius; Peter Walsh
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198152286
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Religious
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (123 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) (1999)
- The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics) (2000)
- The Consolation of Philosophy - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ANNOTATED) Original Content of First Edition (1897)
- La Consolación de La Filosofía (Akal Clásica) (2000)
- De consolatione philosophiae. Opuscula theologica (2005)
- Consolation of philosophy : Boethius (2001)
- The Consolation of Philosophy: Boethius (1962)
- The Consolation of Philosophy - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ANNOTATED) Original Content of First Edition (2004)
- The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) (2004)
- La Consolación de La Filosofía (Akal Clásica) (1997)
- Boethius: De consolatione philosophiae.: Opuscula theologica (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2005)
- The Consolation of Philosophy (1999)
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