History-Makers: Boethius & The Consolation of Philosophy
Dec 19, 2025•Channel
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Published6 months ago
Duration9:40
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Languageen
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It's 523 AD, the Goths rule Italy and your former best pal the King has unjustly imprisoned you... What do you do? Well, if you're Boethius, you take all that angst and write the single best work of philosophy since Plato. Not biased.
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SOURCES & Further Reading:
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius 523-‘24, translated by H. R. James 1897
“Boethius and the Consolation of Philosophy” from Great Minds of the Medieval World by Dorsey Armstrong
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