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by Boethius
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ISBN: 0486421635 Dover Publications Price: $6.95 |
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Landmark of Western thought written by a 6th-century Roman statesman and philosopher awaiting execution. Comprising a dialogue in alternating prose and verse between Boethius and his spiritual guardian, the book concerns happiness: how to achieve and maintain it amid life's inevitable pain. A cornerstone of medieval humanism.
Table of Contents for The Consolation of Philosophy
| Introduction | |||||||
| Selected Bibliography | |||||||
| Note on the Text | |||||||
| The Consolation of Philosophy | |||||||
| Book I | |||||||
| Book II | |||||||
| Book III | |||||||
| Book IV | |||||||
| Book V | |||||||
| Summary | |||||||
| Index |