Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy

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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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Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Renaissance und Aufklärung
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Oxford University Press
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199540549
ISBN-10:	0199540543
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Boethius
Übersetzung:	Walsh, P. G.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	195 x 151 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Boethius
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.07.2008
Gewicht:	0,168 kg