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Title: The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics) by Boethius, Peterg. Walsh, Peter Walsh ISBN: 0-19-283883-0 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Moving and immediate
Comment: Most people don't expect medieval literature to be easy to read, let alone relevant,immediate, and moving. Yet the Consolation is all that and more. As other reviewers here point out, Boethius wrote it under great personal duress. After rising to a high position and enjoying a distinguished career, Boethius is awaiting execution and the Consolation details his gradual movement from despair, grief and anger at the hand he has been played by fortune to a remembrance of his "true nature" and that of the universe...aided at every step by Lady Philosophy. Although the arguments are often familiar to anyone versed in ancient philosophy, and the structure rhetorical, the terrible context and the passion behind the arguments make this about as immediate and real as it gets. PS The medievals thought so too...it is just about the most quoted and imitated book of the period...
Rating: 5
Summary: Boethius and The Consolation
Comment: This is a must for any student of philosophy. Boethius is the transition from Roman and Neo-Platonic philosophy into the Medieval Period.
I would also recommend this book to those facing doubt in their studies, or college students thinking of quitting. It is a short work, easy to read and great in its comfort.
"Be not overcome by your misfortunes, for the gifts of fortune are fleeting and happiness is not to be found in temporal goods. Only by being like God, who is the highest good, can lasting happiness come to man." Lady Philosophy counsels.
Although the work is neo-Platonic Aristotle and Porphyry are heavily drawn from - so the advanced reader could consider those volumes too.
Rating: 5
Summary: Relihan's 'Consolation' Should Not Go Unoticed
Comment: The Relihan translation emphasizes the philosophical depth of Boethius' Consolation, while faithfully and artfully reproducing the original beauty of his verse and the sublimity of its meaning. With this edition comes a detailed and informative introduction, along with exhaustive notes and a definitive glossary. Joel C. Relihan is one of the leading authorities in Boethian studies; his rendition of the Consolation is one that anyone serious about its study can hardly pass.
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Title: Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0192833723 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Anselm, Brian Davies, G. R. Evans, Anselm of Canterbury ISBN: 0192825259 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris, Jean De Meun, Charles Dahlberg ISBN: 0691044562 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 03 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer ISBN: 0553210823 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Selected Writings (PENGUIN CLASSICS) by Thomas Aquinas, Ralph McInerny ISBN: 0140436324 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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