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The Consolation of Philosophy
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"An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. A.D. 475-525) was also an exceptional Greek scholar and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favor and was imprisoned in Pavia. 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, whose i... More
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PublisherBook Jungle
BindingPaperback (35 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages198
ISBN-101438527314
ISBN-13978-1438527314
Publication Date10/08/2009
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About Boethius (Author) : Boethius is a published author. Some of the published credits of Boethius include The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics), De Consolatione Philosophiae: Opuscula theologica (Bibliothec... more
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