The Consolation of Philosophy

Ancius Boethius, Victor Watts

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Penguin
20 October 2000

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Penguin Black Classics

Contains new introduction to second edition by volume editor.

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLATION was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' Philosophy. Her instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenment. THE CONSOLATION was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe and his ideas were influential on the thought of Chaucer and Dante.

By: Ancius Boethius
Translated by: Victor Watts
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 149g
ISBN: 9780140447804
ISBN 10: 0140447806
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 October 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ancius Boethius (c. A.D.480-524) was a Roman philosopher and is considered one of the last authentic representatives of the classical world, in both his life and writings. It is through Boethius' translations that the knowledge of Aristotle has survived in the West. Victor Watts read Classics and English at Merton College Oxford. He is Master of Grey College and part-time Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Linguistics at Durham University.