The Consolation of Philosophy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Consolation_of_Philosophy
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:adaptation opera by Benjamin Britten
various medieval commentaries
gptkbp:author gptkb:Boethius
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Symmachus
gptkbp:firstPublished 524 AD
gptkbp:form gptkb:public_speaker
prose
verse
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
prosimetrum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Consolation of Philosophy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Dante_Alighieri
gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
gptkb:theology
medieval philosophy
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Boethius
gptkb:Lady_Philosophy
gptkbp:manuscript gptkb:Bodleian_Library_MS_Auct._F._1._15
gptkb:Cotton_MS_Tib._A._III
gptkb:Harley_MS_628
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:philosophicalTradition gptkb:Neoplatonism
gptkb:Stoicism
gptkb:Christian_philosophy
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkb:The_Divine_Comedy
gptkb:De_Consolatione_Theologiae_by_Alain_de_Lille
gptkbp:setting prison cell in Pavia
gptkbp:significance one of the most important works of Western philosophy
major influence on medieval and Renaissance thought
gptkbp:structure five books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:casino
free will
happiness
evil
providence
gptkbp:theme the fickleness of fortune
the limits of human knowledge
the nature of happiness
the problem of evil
the pursuit of wisdom
the relationship between fate and providence
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Elizabeth_I
gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:writtenBy 6th century
gptkbp:writtenWhile Boethius was imprisoned
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