The Consolation of Philosophy

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The Consolation of Philosophy is a 6th-century philosophical dialogue by Boethius that explores fate, free will, and the nature of happiness through a conversation between the author and Lady Philosophy.

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instanceOf Latin prose work
literary work
philosophical dialogue
author Boethius NERFINISHED
circulation widely read in the Middle Ages
contains poetry sections
prose sections
countryOfOrigin Italy
dateWritten 6th century
genre consolation literature
dialogue
philosophy
hasPart Book I NERFINISHED
Book II NERFINISHED
Book III NERFINISHED
Book IV NERFINISHED
Book V NERFINISHED
historicalContext late Roman Empire NERFINISHED
influenced Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED
Jean de Meun NERFINISHED
King Alfred the Great NERFINISHED
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
medieval philosophy
influencedBy Aristotle
Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
Plato
Stoicism NERFINISHED
literaryForm prosimetrum
mainCharacter Boethius NERFINISHED
Lady Philosophy NERFINISHED
originalLanguage Latin
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy
Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
placeWritten Pavia NERFINISHED
religiousContent contains no explicit Christian doctrine
subject fate
fortune
free will
happiness
providence
the nature of God
the problem of evil
theme the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and free will
the instability of fortune
the superiority of the contemplative life
true happiness is found in God
translation Middle English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer
Old English translation by Alfred the Great
writtenBefore Boethius's execution
writtenIn prison

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Boethius notableWork The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius authorOf The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius authorOf The Consolation of Philosophy
this entity surface form: De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius knownFor The Consolation of Philosophy
De remediis utriusque fortunae influencedBy The Consolation of Philosophy
this entity surface form: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
De casibus virorum illustrium influencedBy The Consolation of Philosophy
this entity surface form: Boethius’ De consolatione philosophiae
Anglo-Saxon literature notableWork The Consolation of Philosophy
this entity surface form: Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (Old English translation)
Cicero’s Dream of Scipio influenced The Consolation of Philosophy
this entity surface form: Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy