The Consolation Of Philosophy - Softcover

Boethius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1091934258 ISBN 13: 9781091934252

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

The book called 'The Consolation of Philosophy' was throughout the Middle Ages, and down to the beginnings of the modern epoch in the sixteenth century, the scholar's familiar companion. Few books have exercised a wider influence in their time. It has been translated into every European tongue, and into English nearly a dozen times, from King Alfred's paraphrase to the translations of Lord Preston, Causton, Ridpath, and Duncan, in the eighteenth century. The belief that what once pleased so widely must still have some charm is my excuse for attempting the present translation. The great work of Boethius, with its alternate prose and verse, skilfully fitted together like dialogue and chorus in a Greek play, is unique in literature, and has a pathetic interest from the time and circumstances of its composition. It ought not to be forgotten.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1091934258
• ISBN 13: 9781091934252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142