Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

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gptkbp:author gptkb:Boethius
gptkbp:category medieval literature
philosophy books
classical literature
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Italy
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gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:public_speaker
alternating prose and verse
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chaucer
gptkb:C.S._Lewis
gptkb:Dante_Alighieri
gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
medieval philosophy
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Boethius
gptkb:Lady_Philosophy
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:setting gptkb:prison
gptkbp:significance influential in the Middle Ages
bridged classical and medieval thought
major work of late antiquity
gptkbp:structure five books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:casino
divine providence
fate
free will
happiness
evil
gptkbp:theme the fickleness of fortune
the nature of happiness
the problem of evil
the relationship between fate and providence
the consolation of philosophy
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:writtenBy imprisonment
523 AD
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