The Consolation of Philosophy
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- Synopsis
- One of the most popular books in Western Europe from the time it appeared in Latin in 524 until the end of the Renaissance, its subject is achieving happiness amidst suffering. Boethius wrote his work of poetry, prose, and personification while imprisoned for treasonable offenses for which he was eventually executed by edict of the Senate he once served. The book opens with a poem whose first line is "I who once wrote songs with keen delight am now by sorrow driven to take up melancholy measures." Boethius continues with the prescriptions to follow nature, and ends by contemplating the eternal.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 128 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780486421636
- Publisher:
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 09/23/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Dover Publications, Inc
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy
- Submitted By:
- Trans Access
- Proofread By:
- Trans Access
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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