The Consolation of Philosophy

English-language translations of
De consolatione philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy)
by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

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Written in 523, this work has been described as having had the single most important influence on the Christianity of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance and as the last great work of the Classical Period.

English-language translations of De consolatione philosophiae include:

Boecius De Consolatione Philosophie tr. Geoffrey Chaucer, 1478. (external scan) or IA
The Consolation of Philosophy tr. Henry Rosher James, 1897.
The Consolations of Boethius tr. Walter John Sedgefield, 1900, based on the Old English translation attributed to Alfred the Great
The Lays of Boethius tr. Walter John Sedgefield, 1900, based on the Old English verse adaptation of Alfred's Old English translation

The Consolation of Philosophy

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