The Roman philosopher Boethius (c. 480-524) is best known for the Consolation of Philosophy, one of the most frequently cited texts in medieval literature. In the Consolation, an unnamed Boethius sits in prison awaiting execution when his muse Philosophy appears to him. Her offer to teach him who he truly is and to lead him to his heavenly home becomes a debate about how to come to terms with evil, freedom, and providence. The conventional reading of the Consolation is that it is a defense of pagan philosophy; nevertheless, many readers who accept this basic argument find that the ending is ambiguous and that Philosophy has not, finally, given the prisoner the comfort she had promised.
In The Prisoner's Philosophy, Joel C. Relihan delivers a genuinely new reading of the Consolation. He argues that it is a Christian work dramatizing not the truths of philosophy as a whole, but the limits of pagan philosophy in particular. He views it as one of a number of literary experiments of late antiquity, taking its place alongside Augustine's Confessions and Soliloquies as a spiritual meditation, as an attempt by Boethius to speak objectively about the life of the mind and its relation to God.
Relihan discerns three fundamental stories intertwined in the Consolation: an ironic retelling of Plato's Crito, an adaptation of Lucian's Jupiter Confutatus, and a sober reduction of Job to a quiet dialogue in which the wounded innocent ultimately learns wisdom in silence. Relihan's claim that Boethius's text was written as a Menippean satire does not rest merely on identifying a mixture of disparate literary influences on the text, or on the combination of verse and prose or of fantasy and morality. More important, Relihan argues, Boethius deliberately dramatizes the act of writing about systematic knowledge in a way that calls into question the value of that knowledge. Philosophy's attempt to lead an exile to God's heaven is rejected; the exile comes to accept the value of the phenomenal world, and theology replaces philosophy to explain the place of human beings in the order of the world. Boethius Christianizes the genre of Menippean satire, and his Consolation is a work about humility and prayer.
Автор: Antonio Donato Название: Boethius` Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity ISBN: 1474228577 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474228572 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 40120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An exploration of Boethius` social, political background, his notion of philosophy and its sources, and his understanding of the relationship between Christianity and classical culture.
Автор: Antonio Donato Название: Boethius` Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity ISBN: 1780934629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780934624 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 137280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An exploration of Boethius` social, political background, his notion of philosophy and its sources, and his understanding of the relationship between Christianity and classical culture.
Автор: Boethius, Ancius Название: Consolation of philosophy ISBN: 1365452794 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781365452796 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Boethius Ancius Название: The Consolation of Philosophy ISBN: 1513268554 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781513268552 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A conversational text that addresses many philosophical concepts as well as Western religion by questioning good versus evil and the unnecessary suffering of innocent people. Anicius Boethius draws from his own experiences to illustrate these spiritual and ethical struggles.
In The Consolation of Philosophy the author engages in a figurative discussion with Lady Philosophy, a type of teacher. Through their exchange, he poses serious questions regarding the existence of God and human nature. He also acknowledges his own dire circumstances, contemplating the hardships and trauma. Many counterpoints are tied to ideals such as the Wheel of Fortune, highlighting inconsistent and often unfair outcomes. He also focuses on the importance of intangible gifts such as love and intelligence.
The Consolation of Philosophy is an honest analysis of the nature of happiness. It forces the reader to face hard truths about their wants versus needs. It's a sobering examination of the unpredictable structure of life.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Consolation of Philosophy is both modern and readable.
Автор: Kaylor, Jr, Noel Harold Название: The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy ISBN: 0367174944 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367174941 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 33670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Originally published in 1992 The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy is an annotated bibliography. The book acts as a bibliography and study of the European tradition of Consolatio translations and as a collection of independent bibliographies on individual vernacular traditions.
Автор: Seneca Название: Consolations from a Stoic ISBN: 1329864654 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781329864658 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10410.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. Название: The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography ISBN: 0367174898 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367174897 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 112290.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Originally published in 1992 The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy is an annotated bibliography. The book acts as a bibliography and study of the European tradition of Consolatio translations and as a collection of independent bibliographies on individual vernacular traditions.
Автор: Fox Samuel Название: King Alfred`s Anglo-Saxon version of Boethius De consolatione philosophiae ISBN: 9353895642 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353895648 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 32280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Автор: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Название: Consolation of philosophy ISBN: 0199540543 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199540549 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul`s knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This work dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; writers as diverseas Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante were inspired by it. In England it was rendered in to Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanour of the author, and the`Menippean` texture of part prose, part verse have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and literature ever since.
Автор: H.R. James Название: The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius ISBN: 1536148504 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536148503 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 89750.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: 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 scholars 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 Alfreds paraphrase to the translations of Lord Preston, Causton, Ridpath, and Duncan, in the eighteenth century.
Автор: Boethius Ancius Название: The Consolation of Philosophy ISBN: 1365453030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781365453038 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 37770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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