On the Consolation of Philosophy

The Consolation of Philosophy
	Page from a 15th century French manuscript
Author	Boethius
Translators	Alfred the Great; Henry Rosher James; Jean de Meun; Notker Labeo; Geoffrey Chaucer; Elizabeth I;
Language	Latin
Subject	Fate, Christian theology
Publication date	524
Published in English	Mid-14th century (Middle English)
Dewey Decimal	082.1
Original text	The Consolation of Philosophy at Latin Wikisource
Translation	The Consolation of Philosophy at Wikisource

On the Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: De consolatione philosophiae),^[1] often titled as The Consolation of Philosophy or simply the Consolation, is a philosophical work by the Roman philosopher Boethius. Written in 523 while he was imprisoned and awaiting execution by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric, it is often described as the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Boethius' Consolation heavily influenced the philosophy of late antiquity, as well as Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity.^[2]^[3]

^ Knowles, David (1967). "Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus", The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards, v. 1, p. 329.
^ The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics), Introduction (2000)
^ Dante placed Boethius the "last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics" among the doctors in his Paradise (see The Divine Comedy) (see also below).

[1] Knowles, David (1967). "Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus", The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards, v. 1, p. 329.

[2] The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics), Introduction (2000)

[Dante_Divine-3] Dante placed Boethius the "last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics" among the doctors in his Paradise (see The Divine Comedy) (see also below).

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