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The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
Author: Ancius Boethius, V. E. Watts (Translator)
An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius was also an exceptional Greek scholar, and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favor and was imprisoned in Pavia. Written in the period leading up to his brutal execution, The Consolation of Philosophy is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140442083
ISBN-10: 0140442081
Publication Date: 8/26/1976
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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It was difficult for me to follow along with some of their reasonings. Like going in circles and getting nowhere. I suppose that is why rhetoric is difficult for me.


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