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Boethius

American  
[boh-ee-thee-uhs] / boʊˈi θi əs /
Also Boetius

noun

  1. Anicius Manlius Severinus a.d. 475?–525?, Roman philosopher and statesman.


Boethius British  
/ bəʊˈiːθɪəs /

noun

  1. Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad , Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae . He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric

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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

Philosophy reflects this transformation in Western European society, with the uncertainty and turmoil of the period reflected in the work of philosophers of late antiquity such as Augustine and Boethius.

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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

Instead, I spend hours in the library, often losing myself in The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius the Roman.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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