The consolation of philosophy / Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius ; translated by David R. Slavitt.

Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature's most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt's translation captures the energy and passion of the original. And in an intr...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Boethius, -524 (Author)
Other Authors:	Slavitt, David R., 1935- (Translator)
Other title:	De consolatione philosophiae. English.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English Latin
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Philosophy and religion > Early works to 1800. Happiness > Early works to 1800. Happiness. Philosophy and religion. Early works.