Boethius (477–524)
Author of The Consolation of Philosophy
About the Author
Born of a distinguished family, Boethius received the best possible education in the liberal arts in Athens and then entered public life under Theodoric the Ostrogoth, ruler of Italy. Boethius obtained the highest office, but was later accused of treason, imprisoned, and executed. In the dungeon of show more Alvanzano, near Milan, during his imprisonment, he composed "The Consolation of Philosophy," a remarkable piece of prose literature as well as philosophy. Boethius's outlook, like that of all the Church Fathers, was Platonistic, but he preserved much of the elementary logic of Aristotle. Boethius reported in his commentaries the views of Aristotelians even when they disagreed with his Platonism. Thus he created an interest in Aristotle in subsequent centuries and provided a basis for the introduction of Aristotle's works into Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Boethius was put to death in 526. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Initial depicting Boethius teaching his students from folio 4r of a manuscript of the Consolation of Philosophy (Italy?, 1385) By http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/treasures/boethius.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=441108
Works by Boethius
King Alfred's Anglo Saxon version of Boethius De consolatione philosophiae: with a literal English translation, notes,… (1864) 16 copies
The Old English Boethius : an edition of the Old English versions of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae (2009) 5 copies
Pensieri sulla musica 2 copies
The Selected Works of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (Including the Trinity Is One God Not Three Gods and… (2010) 1 copy
Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boetii De Institutione Arithmetica Libri Duo: De Institutione Musica Libri Quinque.… (2012) 1 copy
Tolazba filozofije 1 copy
[Consolatio philosophiae. English & Latin] The theological tractates. The consolation of philosophy. 1 copy
Утешение философией 1 copy
Poslední Říman 1 copy
Anicii Manlii Torqvati Severini Boethii...De consolatione Philosophiae...De disciplina scholarium... 1 copy
Boeces : De consolacion : édition critique d'après le manuscrit Paris, Bibl. nationale, fr. 1096 : avec introduction,… (2012) 1 copy
Theological Tractates. The Consolation of Philosophy (Loeb Classical Library) by Boethius (1973) Hardcover (1973) 1 copy
Boëthius - Simdi Biliyorum Hastaliginizin Ana Nedenini, Siz gercek Doganizi Unuttunuz;Akilla Inanci Bulusturan Ilk… (2021) 1 copy
The Consolation of Philosphy 1 copy
Associated Works
Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions (1983) — Contributor — 440 copies
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- Canonical name
- Boethius
- Legal name
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius
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- 477
- Date of death
- 524
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- San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia, Italy
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- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Place of death
- Pavia, Italy
- Cause of death
- Execution
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