The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius · English
The Consolation of Philosophy was written around AD 524 by the Roman statesman Boethius while he was imprisoned and awaiting execution under the…
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The Consolation of Philosophy was written around AD 524 by the Roman statesman Boethius while he was imprisoned and awaiting execution under the Ostrogothic king Theodoric. In five books of alternating prose and verse, Philosophy appears to the prisoner in the form of a woman and leads him from complaints against Fortune to the recognition that true happiness lies in God, the highest good. The later books ask why the wicked seem to prosper, how providence relates to fate, and whether divine foreknowledge leaves room for free will. This is H. R. James's translation into English prose and verse, published in 1897.
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius · English
The Consolation of Philosophy was written around AD 524 by the Roman statesman Boethius while he was imprisoned and awaiting execution under the…
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[Greek: homôs de kai en toutois dialampei to kalon, epeidan pherê tis eukolôs pollas kai megalas atychias, mê di analgêsian, alla gennadas ôn kai megalopsychos.]
Pagera Editor's Note
The Consolation of Philosophy was written around AD 524 by the Roman statesman Boethius while he was imprisoned and awaiting execution under the Ostrogothic king Theodoric. In five books of alternating prose and verse, Philosophy appears to the prisoner in the form of a woman and leads him from complaints against Fortune to the recognition that true happiness lies in God, the highest good. The later books ask why the wicked seem to prosper, how providence relates to fate, and whether divine foreknowledge leaves room for free will. This is H. R. James's translation into English prose and verse, published in 1897.
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