Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy

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prose translations
gptkbp:author gptkb:Boethius
gptkbp:category gptkb:Neoplatonism
gptkb:Christian_philosophy
prison literature
consolation literature
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 524 AD
gptkbp:form prose and verse
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Dante_Alighieri
gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:theology
medieval philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Neoplatonism
gptkb:Plato
gptkb:Stoicism
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gptkb:Lady_Philosophy
gptkbp:notableQuote If God exists, whence evil? But whence good if He exists not?
No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:setting gptkb:prison
gptkbp:significance bridged classical and medieval thought
major work of late antiquity
gptkbp:structure five books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:casino
free will
happiness
the problem of evil
gptkbp:theme the fickleness of fortune
the nature of happiness
the pursuit of wisdom
the relationship between fate and providence
the immortality of the soul
the existence of evil
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:writtenWhile imprisonment
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