The book is heavily influenced by Plato and his dialogues (as was Boethius himself). The Consolation of Philosophy stands, by its note of fatalism and its affinities with the Christian doctrine of humility, midway between the heathen philosophy of Seneca the Younger and the later Christian philosophy of consolation represented by Thomas Aquinas. It has been described as “by far the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen.” Present in every educated person’s library, it was titled in Latin De Consolatione Philosophiae or, as we know it in English today, The Consolation of Philosophy. It was from this experience he was inspired to write a philosophical book from prison reflecting on how a lord's favor could change so quickly and why friends would turn against him. For some 400 years across the European Middle Ages, one philosophy book was prized above any other. Boethius was at the very heights of power in Rome and was brought down by treachery. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.Ĭonsolation of Philosophy was written during Boethius' one year imprisonment while awaiting trial, and eventual horrific execution, for the crime of treason by Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. 480 - 525)Ĭonsolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Consolation of PhilosophyĪnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c.
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