A Christian in Toga: Boethius: Interpreter of Antiquity and Christian Theologian

by Claudio Moreschini

Claudio Moreschini focuses on selected and as yet still understudied aspects of Boethius' life and works. He presents Boethius in the culture of the sixth century in Italy, outlines his great cultural project and discusses the problem of his Christian faith. The Consolatio Philosophiae is examined from the point of view of Latin Platonism, highlighting the aims of its poetry and its philosophical tenets. Moreschini also shows how Boethius combined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3525540272
• ISBN13: 9783525540275
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 155 Pages