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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (A.D. 477–524) was a Roman statesman and theologian who came into public service under the Ostrogothic King Theodoric. Boethius composed several philosophical handbooks and translated some of Aristotle’s works, all of which greatly influenced the early centuries of the Middle Ages.
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
by Ancius Boethius
An accessible translation of the classic writings that influenced Chaucer and Dante. Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. Extremely popular throughout medieval Europe, The Consolation was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his “nurse” Philosophy. Her instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenment.