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Boethius

Born

in Rome, kingdom of Odoacer, Italy

December 22, 0479

Died

December 12, 0524

Genre

Philosophy, Theology

Influences

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Roman mathematician Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, imprisoned on charges of treason, wrote The Consolation of Philosophy , his greatest work, an investigation of destiny and free will, while awaiting his execution.

His ancient and prominent noble family of Anicia included many consuls and Petronius Maximus and Olybrius, emperors. After Odoacer deposed the last western emperor, Flavius Manlius Boethius, his father, served as consul in 487.

Boethius entered public life at a young age and served already as a senator before the age of 25 years in 504. Boethius served as consul in 510 in the kingdom of the Ostrogoths.

In 522, Boethius saw his two sons serve as consuls. Theodoric the Great, king, suspected Boethius of conspiring with the ...more

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	The Consolation of Philosophy 4.05 avg rating — 17,700 ratings — published 524 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theological Tractates/The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, H.F. Stewart (Translator), E.K. Rand (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 524 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trinity is One God Not Three Gods 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 524 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Theological Tractates 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 521 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fortune's Prisoner: The Poems of Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, James Harpur (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Fate (De fato)/The Consolation of Philosophy (Philosophiae consolationis) IV. 5-7, V by Boethius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, R.W. Sharples (editor) 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Topicis Differentiis by Boethius, Eleonore Stump 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 522 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Cope: An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship by Boethius, Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre el fundamento de la música (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos nº 377) (Spanish Edition) by Boethius, Jesús Luque (Translator), Francisco Fuentes (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boethian Number Theory: A Translation of the de Institutione Arithmetica (with Introduction and Notes) by Boethius, Michael Masi (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

tags: happiness, misery

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“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

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“Nunc fluens facit tempus,
nunc stans facit aeternitatum.

(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.)”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

tags: inspirational

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