The Consolation of Philosophy

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The Consolation of Philosophy is a 6th-century philosophical dialogue by Boethius that explores fate, free will, and the nature of happiness through a conversation between the author and Lady Philosophy.

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instanceOf Latin prose work
literary work
philosophical dialogue
author Boethius
circulation widely read in the Middle Ages
contains poetry sections
prose sections
countryOfOrigin Italy
dateWritten 6th century
genre consolation literature
dialogue
philosophy
hasPart Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
historicalContext late Roman Empire
linked to: Late Antiquity
influenced Dante Alighieri
Geoffrey Chaucer
Jean de Meun
King Alfred the Great
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval philosophy
influencedBy Aristotle
Neoplatonism
Plato
Stoicism
literaryForm prosimetrum
mainCharacter Boethius
Lady Philosophy
originalLanguage Latin
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy
Neoplatonism
placeWritten Pavia
religiousContent contains no explicit Christian doctrine
subject fate
fortune
free will
happiness
providence
the nature of God
the problem of evil
theme the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and free will
the instability of fortune
the superiority of the contemplative life
true happiness is found in God
translation Middle English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer
Old English translation by Alfred the Great
writtenBefore Boethius's execution
writtenIn prison

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Boethius notableWork The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius authorOf The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius authorOf De consolatione philosophiae
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Boethius knownFor The Consolation of Philosophy
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Anglo-Saxon literature notableWork Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (Old English translation)
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy
Cicero’s Dream of Scipio influenced Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy
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