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The Consolation of Philosophy
By : Boethius
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Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the 6th century while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts.Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose & verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded.The Consolation of Philosophy dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages. It inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun & Dante. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. Later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the Meippean texture of part prose, part verse .The Consolation of Philosophy pdf download - The Consolation of Philosophy read online - The Consolation of Philosophy epub - The Consolation of Philosophy vk - The Consolation of Philosophy pdf - The Consolation of Philosophy amazon - The Consolation of Philosophy free download pdf - The Consolation of Philosophy pdf free - The Consolation of Philosophy pdf - The Consolation of Philosophy epub download - The Consolation of Philosophy online - The Consolation of Philosophy epub download - The Consolation of Philosophy epub vk - The Consolation of Philosophy mobi.