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Boethius composed <i>De Consolation Philosophiae</i> 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. <i>The Consolation of Philosophy</i> 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 have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature and religion ever since.
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Tusculum: Trost der Philosophie, Anitius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boëthius, Ernst Gegenschatz, Olof Gigon
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- Pubblicato
- 1990
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- Titolo
- Tusculum: Trost der Philosophie
- Lingua
- Tedesco
- Editore
- Artemis & Winkler
- Pubblicato
- 1990
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 371
- ISBN10
- 3760816622
- ISBN13
- 9783760816623
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Esoterismo e religione, Poesia, Temi religiosi, Tematica filosofica, Religione, Filosofia, Spiritualità e Religione, Classici, Temi cristiani, Cristianesimo, Teologia, Medioevo, Tempi antichi, Etica, Filosofia e religione, Conforto, Letteratura antica e classica, Dialogo, Alta età medievale, Filosofia Antica e Classica, Scolastica
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- Boethius composed <i>De Consolation Philosophiae</i> 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. <i>The Consolation of Philosophy</i> 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 have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature and religion ever since.