The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, Victor Watts

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius, Victor Watts

192 pages first pub 524 (editions)

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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 w...

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