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  2. On the Consolation of Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Shippey says that Tolkien knew well the translation of Boethius that was made by King Alfred and he quotes some "Boethian" remarks from Frodo, Treebeard, and Elrond. [19] Miniatures of Boethius teaching and in prison from a 1385 Italian manuscript

  3. Boethius - Wikipedia

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    Boethius' Farewell To His Family by Jean-Victor Schnetz. In Dante's Divine Comedy, the spirit of Boethius is pointed out by Saint Thomas Aquinas and is mentioned further in the poem. In the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Boethius is the favorite philosopher of the main character, Ignatius J. Reilly.

  4. Old English Boethius - Wikipedia

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    The Old English Consolation texts are known from three medieval manuscripts/fragments and an early modern copy: [2]. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 180 (known as MS B). Produced at the end of the eleventh century or the beginning of the twelfth), translating the whole of the Consolation (prose and verse) into pro

  5. The Consolations of Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    The title of the book is a reference to Boethius's magnum opus Consolation of Philosophy, in which philosophy appears as an allegorical figure to Boethius to console him in the year he was imprisoned, leading up to his impending execution.

  6. Wheel of Fortune (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    The Roman philosopher Boethius (c. 480–524) played a key role, [5] utilizing both her and her Wheel in his Consolatio Philosophiae. For example, from the first chapter of the second book: For example, from the first chapter of the second book:

  7. Boece (Chaucer) - Wikipedia

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    Boece is Geoffrey Chaucer's translation into Middle English of The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius. [1] The original work, written in Latin, stresses the importance of philosophy to everyday life and was one of the major works of philosophy in the Middle Ages.

  8. Problem of universals - Wikipedia

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    Boethius teaching his students. The problem of universals is an ancient question from metaphysics that has inspired a range of philosophical topics and disputes: "Should the properties an object has in common with other objects, such as color and shape, be considered to exist beyond those objects?

  9. Isagoge - Wikipedia

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    The Isagoge (Greek: Εἰσαγωγή, Eisagōgḗ; / ˈ aɪ s ə ɡ oʊ dʒ iː /) or "Introduction" to Aristotle's "Categories", written by Porphyry in Greek and translated into Latin by Boethius, was the standard textbook on logic for at least a millennium after his death.