Boethius
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The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
However, while imprisoned, he wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, which takes the form of a dialogue between Boethius and philosophy personified by a beautiful woman who visits him in his cell.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
If Rafa’s got anything about him, he’ll let Boethius do the team talk tonight.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2021
Some thousand years later, the Roman philosopher Boethius wrote that musica universalis—the “music of the spheres”—was an inaudible, organizing force in the universe.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2019
The person on the left is Boethius, a Christian from about a thousand years later, who is using Arabic numerals.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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