The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus

ISBN 10: 0140442081 / ISBN 13: 9780140442083

Edité par Penguin Publishing Group, 1976

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Synopsis :

An abridged version of the Roman philosophical and religious scholar's dialogue on the nature of man and his relation to God and the universe.

Présentation de l'éditeur: Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLATION was 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. Her instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenment. THE CONSOLATION was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe and his ideas were influential on the thought of Chaucer and Dante.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Consolation of Philosophy
Éditeur : Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition : 1976
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good