Consolation of Philosophy, The

American  

noun

1. Latin De Consolatione Philosophiae.  a philosophical work (a.d. 523?) by Boethius.

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Example Sentences

In the narrative of the Consolation of Philosophy, the resulting blend of poetry and prose, Boethius transforms from a snivelling wretch to a more enlightened soul, having been convinced that his comprehensive downfall is part of God's plan.

From BBC

I wish I could remember one, something especially Delphic or brilliant from The Consolation of Philosophy, the Bhagavad Gita, the Koran.

From Time Magazine Archive

He caused many manuscripts to be translated from Latin, and himself translated several works into Anglo-Saxon, such as the Psalms, �sop's Fables, Boethius on the Consolation of Philosophy, the History of Orosius, Bede's Ecclesiastical History, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

Consolation of Philosophy, The, of Boethius, 19, 134.

From Project Gutenberg

The Middle Ages, in which from various causes the literary intercommunication between the nations of Europe was in some respects far livelier than it has been in later times, witnessed the appearance of several such works—diverse in kind but similar to one another in the universality of their popularity: "The Consolation of Philosophy," the "Divine Comedy," the "Imitation of Christ," the "Roman de la Rose," the "Ship of Fools."

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