The Consolation of Philosophy

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Boethius Peter Walsh (Emeritus Professor of Humanity, Emeritus Professor of Humanity, University of Glasgow)

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius, Peter Walsh (Emeritus Professor of Humanity, Emeritus Professor of Humanity, University of Glasgow)

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English

Worlds Classics
10 July 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600

Series: Oxford World's Classics

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.

By: Boethius
Edited and translated by: Peter Walsh (Emeritus Professor of Humanity Emeritus Professor of Humanity University of Glasgow)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 179g
ISBN: 9780199540549
ISBN 10: 0199540543
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Publication Date: 10 July 2008
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active