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Boethius


Born
in Rome, kingdom of Odoacer, Italy
December 22, 0479

Died
December 12, 0524

Genre
Philosophy, Theology

Influences
Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Augustine of Hippo ...more


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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Average rating: 4.06 · 19,463 ratings · 1,833 reviews · 370 distinct works • Similar authors
The Consolation of Philosophy
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Theological Tractates/The C...
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The Trinity is One God Not ...
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The Theological Tractates
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Fortune's Prisoner
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How to Cope: An Ancient Gui...
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On Fate (De fato)/The Conso...
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De Topicis Differentiis
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The Metres of Boethius, on ...
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Boethian Number Theory: A T...
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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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