Tag: Boethius

Free Download R.W. Sharples, "Cicero: On Fate: & Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy IV.5-7 and V "
English | ISBN: 0856684767 | | 208 pages | PDF | 46 MB
Cicero and Boethius did more than anyone else to transmit the insights of Greek philosophy to the Latin culture of Western Europe which has played so influential a part in our civilisation to this day.

Free Download Susan Irvine, Malcolm R. Godden, "The Old English Boethius: with Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated with King Alfred"
English | 2012 | pages: 474 | ISBN: 0674055586 | PDF | 14,2 mb
The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Anglo-Saxon guise a great literary monument of the late-antique world, The Consolation of Philosophy. Condemned to death for treason around 525 ce, the Roman scholar Boethius turned to philosophy to transform his personal distress into a powerful meditation on fate, free will, and the human capacity for virtue in a flawed, fallen world. Boethius’s Latin dialogues found a receptive audience in Anglo-Saxon England, where they were translated into Old English some time around 900. The translator (traditionally identified with King Alfred) freely adapts the Latin for a new audience: the Roman Fabricius, for example, becomes the Germanic weapon-smith Weland. The translation replicates Boethius’s alternation of prose and verse―only in this case Old English prose alternates with alliterative verse.

Free Download Antonio Donato, "Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity"
English | ISBN: 1780934629 | 2013 | 232 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In the last fifty years the field of Late Antiquity has advanced significantly. Today we have a picture of this period that is more precise and accurate than before. However, the study of one of the most significant texts of this age, Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, has not benefited enough from these advances in scholarship. Antonio Donato aims to fill this gap by investigating how the study of the Consolation can profit from the knowledge of Boethius’ cultural, political and social background that is available today.