Edited by weinberger, anicii manlii severini boetii philosophiae consolationis libri quinque, csel 67. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. 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 scholars familiar companion. Latin text of the consolatio philosophiae, with links to commentary chiefly grammatical and lexical by j. In such an one my labours would be naught harmed, but this man has been nourished in the lore of eleatics and academics. Few books have exercised a wider influence in their time. This translation is based on the critical edition of the consolation of philosophy bywilliam weinberger in the corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum vienna, 1934. Spinoza in a letter of july 1727 july 1663, promised henry oldenburg to send him soon either a printed copy of renati des cartes principiorum philosophiae pars i et ii. Boethius lecturing to his students, from the consolation of philosophy. Melioribus animum conformaveris, nihil opus est judice pr. There may also have been commentaries on aristotles topics and prior and posterior analytics in this period.
Demand for moreschinis boethius edition was so great and its distribution so broad, that the publishers began with a second, revised edition after only a very brief period of time, in order to meet its anticipated continuing popularity in the coming years. Boece composa le livre durant une longue periode demprisonnement, alors quil attendait detre juge pour trahison, sous le roi. Pdf format is widely accepted and good for printing. The project gutenberg ebook of the consolation of philosophy. Boethius consolatio philosophiae, edited, with a commentary, by james j. Brepols, 1999 corpus christianorum series latina 94a. Editions boethius, anicius manlius severinus, philosophiae consolatio, ed. Assuming that his energies had been fully employed during the period from 888 to 893 with his early work, he could have had little leisure for any new undertaking before the year 897. Boethius, consolatio philosophiae, book one, metrum 1. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history socrates, epicurus, seneca, montaigne, schopenhauer and nietzsche he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. He became known to theodoric, king of the ostrogoths, and was applied to by him for assistance in the. Odonnell concordance to the latin text this handsome www presentation of the text and commentary was prepared by joost kok amsterdam, to whom i am very grateful an alternate presentation for the web on the perseus site, executed by ariane.
It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the west in medieval and early renaissance christianity, and. His work has been translated into twenty languages. The consolation of philosophy documenta catholica omnia. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Bieler, anicii manlii severini boetii philosophiae consolatio, ccsel 94.
One of the most influential books in the history of western thought, the consolation of philosophy was written in a prison cell by a condemned man. The legal school of pavia was rendered celebrated in the 11th century by lanfranc afterwards archbishop of canterbury. The text of the consolatio collates all of the manuscripts already employed by the. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the west on medieval and early renaissance christianity, as well as the last great western work of the classical period. The consolation of philosophy5editorial note the incompatibility of the sufferings of good men, the impunity and success of bad men, with the government of the world by a good god, has been a subject of thought among men ever since religion and abstract questions have occupied the thoughts of mankind. Note includes the anglosaxon version of the metres of boethius, with an english free translation by martin p. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3.
Philosophiae consolatio the consolation of philosophy by boethius translated by sanderson beck book i i. Consolatio philosophiae is a philosophical work by boethius written in about the year 524 ad. I would think it less grievous if your allurements drew away from me some uninitiated man, as happens in the vulgar herd. Buy now this new edition of boethius consolatio philosophiae and opuscula theologica aims to present both the metaphysical and literary works of this great roman philosopher to readers. A list of alfreds notable comments and additions may be here given. Odonnell, series editors, bryn mawr latin commentaries vols.
Aeternitas igitur est interminabilis vitae tota simul et perfecta possessio ibidem, v, 6, 169171. Concordance to the latin text this handsome www presentation of the text and commentary was prepared by joost kok amsterdam, to whom i am very grateful. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. The consolation of philosophy wikisource, the free. I knew that boethius was held to be one of the greatest thinkers of his timea child prodigy from a distinguished roman family, a distinguished student of greek, who essayed to translate all of plato and aristotle into latin, and. German language, glossaries, glossaries, vocabularies, language, medieval philosophy. Descartess principles of philosophy world digital library.