The Consolation of Philosophy - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ancius Boethius, Victor WattsSeries:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2000-05-01Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140447804ISBN-10:140447806UPC:9780140447804Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Religious, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:7.72 x 5.03 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SC0GW303K8
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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140447804ISBN-10:140447806UPC:9780140447804Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Religious, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:7.72 x 5.03 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SC0GW303K8
Ancius Boethius (c. A.D.480-524) was a Roman philosopher and is considered one of the last authentic representatives of the classical world, in both his life and writings. It is through Boethius' translations that the knowledge of Aristotle has survived in the West. Victor Watts read Classics and English at Merton College Oxford. He is Master of Grey College and part-time Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Linguistics at Durham University.
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