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Consolatio Philosophiae

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius
2014 Released
184 Pages
3-4 Hours
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Pluteo PlenoISBN 9781937847043
Translated by H R James

Consolatio Philosophiae is Boethius's conversation with Philosophy personified. Written while awaiting execution, he ponders the nature of morality, fate and free will. Writing as Philosophy, he memorably brings the metaphor of the wheel of fortune to medieval writers. "I turn the wheel that spins. I delight to see the high come down and the low ascend." This edition of Consolatio Philosophiae puts Boethius's original text and next to James's English translation together in one affordable book.

Boethius

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 executed in 524.

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