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Boethius and
Douglas C. Langston (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
September 29, 2009
Pages
204
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393930719
ISBN-10
0393930718
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$19.90
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âContextsâ reprints selections from the texts that Boethius drew upon for his own work. These include excerpts from two of Platoâs Dialogues (Gorgias and Timaeus), from Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics, and from Augustineâs On Free Choice of the Will.
âCriticismâ collects five wide-ranging essays by major scholars of Boethius. Henry Chadwick presents a general introduction to Boethiusâs life and works. Nelson Pike presents a clear and insightful interpretation of what Boethius means by writing that God is eternal (timeless). The final three essaysâby William Bark, Edmund Reiss, and John Marenbonâall depart from traditional readings of The Consolation of Philosophy in significant ways and are sure to stimulate classroom discussion.
A Chronology of Boethiusâs life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
One of the most influential texts to come out of the late Middle Ages.
The Consolation of Philosophy occupies a central place in the history of Western thought. Its author, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca. 476â526 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 editorâs preface and full-scale introduction to the work, the translatorâs preface, and explanatory annotations.âContextsâ reprints selections from the texts that Boethius drew upon for his own work. These include excerpts from two of Platoâs Dialogues (Gorgias and Timaeus), from Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics, and from Augustineâs On Free Choice of the Will.
âCriticismâ collects five wide-ranging essays by major scholars of Boethius. Henry Chadwick presents a general introduction to Boethiusâs life and works. Nelson Pike presents a clear and insightful interpretation of what Boethius means by writing that God is eternal (timeless). The final three essaysâby William Bark, Edmund Reiss, and John Marenbonâall depart from traditional readings of The Consolation of Philosophy in significant ways and are sure to stimulate classroom discussion.
A Chronology of Boethiusâs life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
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