King Alfred's Version of the Consolations of Boethius - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1425498248 ISBN 13 : 9781425498245

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

""King Alfred's Version of The Consolations of Boethius"" is a book written by Walter J. Sedgefield. It is a translation of the Old English version of the ""Consolation of Philosophy"" by Boethius, which was translated by King Alfred the Great in the 9th century. The book includes an introduction to Boethius and his work, as well as a discussion of the Old English language and its literary significance. The translation itself is presented in a modern English prose style, making it accessible to contemporary readers. The ""Consolation of Philosophy"" is a philosophical work that explores the nature of happiness, the problem of evil, and the nature of God. It was written by Boethius, a Roman statesman and philosopher, while he was in prison awaiting execution. The work has been influential throughout history, and this translation offers a unique perspective on it through the lens of Old English literature and King Alfred's translation.Originally Written In Latin By Boethius, This Philosophical Work Was Translated Into Old English By King Arthur In The 9th Century. This Is His Translation Rendered Into Modern English And With An Introduction.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1425498248
• ISBN 13: 9781425498245
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Éditeur: Sedgefield Walter J
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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