Boethius' Consolation Of Philosophy
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Author
Contributions
- Ernest B. Bax (Editor) - Contributor
- George Colville (Translator) - Contributor
Publication
2006-05-05 - Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Language
English
Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveboethiusconsolat0000boet
- ISBN-101425491235
- ISBN-139781425491239
- LibraryThing34329
- Goodreads583334
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number213436013
- Open LibraryOL11866141M
Classifications
- LCCB659.C2 E54 2006
- LCCB659 C2 E54
Description
The book called 'The Consolation of Philosophy' was throughout the Middle Ages, and down to the beginnings of the modern epoch in the sixteenth century, the scholar's familiar companion. Few books have exercised a wider influence in their time. It has been translated into every European tongue, and into English nearly a dozen times, from King Alfred's paraphrase to the translations of Lord Preston, Causton, Ridpath, and Duncan, in the eighteenth century. The belief that what once pleased so widely must still have some charm is my excuse for attempting the present translation. The great work of Boethius, with its alternate prose and verse, skilfully fitted together like dialogue and chorus in a Greek play, is unique in literature, and has a pathetic interest from the time and circumstances of its composition. It ought not to be forgotten.
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