How to Cope: An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship - Hardcover
by Boethius
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Availability:In StockContributor:Boethius, Philip Freeman (Editor), Philip Freeman (Translator)Series:Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersPublish date:9/30/2025Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691259161ISBN-10:069125916XUPC:9780691259161Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Free Will & Determinism, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:6.77 x 4.57 x 1.26 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC6DTF2CRK
How to Cope: An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship
A vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy--a moving classic about facing life's worst events with courage and hope
What do you do when your life has fallen apart? Fifteen hundred years ago, a Roman nobleman named Boethius (ca. 480-524 CE) asked this question as he was sitting in a prison cell waiting to die, accused--probably...Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691259161ISBN-10:069125916XUPC:9780691259161Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Free Will & Determinism, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:6.77 x 4.57 x 1.26 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC6DTF2CRK
Boethius (ca. 480-524 CE) was a Roman philosopher and statesman who lived under the rule of the Ostrogoths after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Accused of treason, he was imprisoned around 523 and tortured and executed in 524. He wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while in prison awaiting his fate. Philip Freeman is the author of more than thirty books on the ancient world, including...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Boethius, Philip Freeman (Editor), Philip Freeman (Translator)
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