Boethius: The Consolations of Music, Logic, Theology, and Philosophy

by Henry Chadwick

Book Overview

The Consolations of Philosophy by Boethius, whose English translators include King Alfred, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Queen Elizabeth I, ranks among the most remarkable books to be written by a prisoner awaiting the execution of a tyrannical death sentence. Its interpretation is bound up with his other writings on mathematics and music, on Aristotelian and propositional logic, and on central themes of Christian dogma. Chadwick begins by tracing the career...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198265492
• ISBN13: 9780198265498
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"