Author: BoethiusPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Selections from the De Consolatione Philosophiae
Author: BoethiusSources of the Boece
Author: Tim William MachanPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820327600
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Boethius’s De Consolatione Philosophiae was among the most persistent and extensive influences on Chaucer’s writing. Its ideas appear in various works, including the Knight’s Tale and Troilus and Criseyde, while the so-called Boethian balades offer poetic renditions of small sections of the Consolation. Around 1380 Chaucer translated the whole of the Consolation into English, drawing not only on the Latin Vulgate Consolatio but also on Jean de Meun’s French translation (Li Livres de confort de philosophie) and on Nicholas Trevet’s Latin commentary on the Consolatio. Sources of the Boece will be particularly valuable for Chaucer studies, for it makes available for the first time copies of all Chaucer’s sources for his translation: newly edited, complete, facing-page texts of the Vulgate Consolatio and Meun’s translation, along with relevant extracts from the commentaries of Nicholas Trevet and Remigius of Auxerre and collations from the larger Latin and French traditions. The edition thus enables detailed, comparative studies of Chaucer’s use of his sources and provides additional material for assessing his understanding of Boethius’s ideas and how they figure in his other compositions. More generally, the very format of the edition will facilitate the study of translation in the Middle Ages, when writers worked not from standardized editions like the ones modern scholars consult but from variable and sometimes conflicting traditions. Chaucer’s procedures provide insights into medieval notions of textuality and vernacular authorship, issues that are perennial scholarly concerns.
A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages
Author: Noel Harold KaylorPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900418354X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
The articles in this volume focus upon Boethius's extant works: his De arithmetica and a fragmentary De musica, his translations and commentaries on logic, his five theological texts, and, of course, his Consolation of Philosophy. They examine the effects that Boethian thought has exercised upon the learning of later generations of scholars.
De Consolatione Philosophiae
Author: BoethiusPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Metres of Boethius
Author: BoethiusPublisher:
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Category : Didactic poetry, English (Old)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae
Author: BoethiusThe Consolation of Philosophy (translated by Walter John Sedgefield)
Author: Anicius Manlius Severinus BoethiusPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Consolation of Philosophy (translated by Walter John Sedgefield)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius, written around the year 524. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius (c. 480–524 or 525 AD), was a philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and prominent family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor. Boethius, of the noble Anicia family, entered public life at a young age and was already a senator by the age of 25. Boethius himself was consul in 510 in the kingdom of the Ostrogoths. In 522 he saw his two sons become consuls. Boethius was imprisoned and eventually executed by King Theodoric the Great, who suspected him of conspiring with the Eastern Roman Empire. While jailed, Boethius composed his Consolation of Philosophy, a philosophical treatise on fortune, death, and other issues. The Consolation became one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages.
Boethius’ ‘Consolation of Philosophy’
Author: Michael WiitalaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009288261
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most widely read and influential texts in medieval Europe, considering questions such as How can evil exist in a world governed by God? And how is happiness still attainable despite the vicissitudes of fortune? Written as a dialogue between Boethius and Lady Philosophy, and alternating between poetry and prose, the Consolation is of interest not only to philosophers but to students of classics and literature as well. In this Critical Guide, the first collection of philosophical essays devoted exclusively to the Consolation, thirteen new essays demonstrate its ongoing vitality and break open its riches for a new generation of readers. The essays reflect the diverse array of approaches in contemporary scholarship and attend to both the literary features and the philosophical content of the Consolation. The volume will be invaluable for scholars of medieval philosophy, medieval literature, and the history of ideas.
Boethius in the Middle Ages
Author: Maarten J. F. M. HoenenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004108318
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The German philosophical culture of the Middle Ages is inextricable linked to the thought of Albert the Great. This volume brings together 14 papers, which deal with Albert's influence from the points of view of mysticism, philosophy, and the history of universities.
Boethius
Author: Anicius Manlius Severinus BoethiusPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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