Profundity has been realized in prison on many occasions, and this work exemplifies how restricted physical freedom can translate into intellectual emancipation.
her role is not unlike Diotima in Plato's 'Symposium'. a dialogue format is utilized between 'Boethius' and Lady Philosophy, with the latter slowly and incrementally exposing Boethius to proper understanding. not surprisingly, it will invoke the treatment of Socrates' in Plato's 'Apology' and specifically references Plato, Aristotle and the neo-Platonists, among classical sources.īoethius' journey is from the darkness of despair to the enlightenment of grasping the truth and goodness of Divine Wisdom, culminating in the famous argument that humans are free even though God has foreknowledge. 476526 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. Its author, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca. An excellent translation of the 'Consolation' by Victor Watts, with a detailed introduction, a compendium of footnotes and a helpful glossary - academically, this is edition to utilize.īoethius (480-524 AD) wrote this work while jailed for "conspiracy," a capital crime for which he will be executed. The Consolation of Philosophy occupies a central place in the history of Western thought.
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