Consolation of Philisophy

Name: Consolation of Philisophy
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ISBN: 9780393930719

ISBN-10: 0393930718

ISBN-13: 9780393930719

Edition: 2009

Authors: Boethius, Douglas C. Langston

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The Consolation of Philosophy occupies a central place in the history of Western thought. Its author, Amicus Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca. 476â€“526 c.e.), was a Roman philosopher, scholar, and statesman who wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while in a remote prison awaiting his execution on dubious political charges. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the translation by Richard H. Green. It is accompanied by the editorâ€™s preface and full-scale introduction to the work, the translatorâ€™s preface, and explanatory annotations. â€œContextsâ€ reprints selections from the texts that Boethius drew upon for his own work. These include excerpts from two of Platoâ€™s…

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List price: $15.02
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.40" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Douglas C. Langston is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the New College of the University of Southern Florida. His previous book, God's Willing Knowledg e, was published by Penn State Press in 1986.



Preface


Introduction


Translator's Preface


The Text of The Consolation of Philosophy


Contexts


From The Gorgias



From The Timaeus



From The Nicomachean Ethics



From On Free Choice of the Will



Criticism


Introduction to Boethius: His Life, Thought, and Influence



The Predicate



Theodoric vs. Boethius: Vindication and Apology



The Fall of Boethius and the Fiction of the Consolation Philosophiae



Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius



Boethius: A Chronology


Selected Bibliography


Index