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ISBN 10: 0192838830 ISBN 13: 9780192838834
Editorial: Oxford Paperbacks, 2000

Sinopsis

Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This work dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; writers as diverse as Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante were inspired by it. In England it was rendered in to Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanour of the author, and the 'Menippean' texture of part prose, part verse have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and literature ever since.

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"An excellent introduction and overview of this important thinker's thought and legacy."-Calvin Theological Journal "An excellent introduction and overview of this important thinker's thought and legacy."-Calvin Theological Journal "An excellent introduction and overview of this important thinker's thought and legacy."-Calvin Theological Journal "An excellent introduction and overview of this important thinker's thought and legacy."-Calvin Theological Journal

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Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This work dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; writers as diverse as Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante were inspired by it. In England it was rendered in to Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanour of the author, and the 'Menippean' texture of part prose, part verse have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and literature ever since.

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Editorial
Oxford Paperbacks
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0192838830
ISBN 13 
9780192838834
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
240
Editor
Walsh Peter
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