Author : Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Release : 2022-11-13
Genre : Poetry
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The Consolation of Philosophy (Sedgefield translation) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Consolation of Philosophy (Sedgefield translation) write by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius. This book was released on 2022-11-13. The Consolation of Philosophy (Sedgefield translation) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius, written around the year 524. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius (c. 480–524 or 525 AD), was a philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and prominent family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor. Boethius, of the noble Anicia family, entered public life at a young age and was already a senator by the age of 25. Boethius himself was consul in 510 in the kingdom of the Ostrogoths. In 522 he saw his two sons become consuls. Boethius was imprisoned and eventually executed by King Theodoric the Great, who suspected him of conspiring with the Eastern Roman Empire. While jailed, Boethius composed his Consolation of Philosophy, a philosophical treatise on fortune, death, and other issues. The Consolation became one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages.