The Consolation of Philosophy

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The Consolation of Philosophy is a 6th-century philosophical dialogue by Boethius that explores fate, free will, and the nature of happiness through a conversation between the author and Lady Philosophy.

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instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
author Boethius ⓘ
circulation widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ
contains poetry sections ⓘ
prose sections ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateWritten 6th century ⓘ
genre consolation literature ⓘ
dialogue ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
influenced Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
Jean de Meun ⓘ
King Alfred the Great ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
literaryForm prosimetrum ⓘ
mainCharacter Boethius ⓘ
Lady Philosophy ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
placeWritten Pavia ⓘ
religiousContent contains no explicit Christian doctrine ⓘ
subject fate ⓘ
fortune ⓘ
free will ⓘ
happiness ⓘ
providence ⓘ
the nature of God ⓘ
the problem of evil ⓘ
theme the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and free will ⓘ
the instability of fortune ⓘ
the superiority of the contemplative life ⓘ
true happiness is found in God ⓘ
translation Middle English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
Old English translation by Alfred the Great ⓘ
writtenBefore Boethius's execution ⓘ
writtenIn prison ⓘ

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Boethius → notableWork → The Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ
Boethius → authorOf → The Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ
Boethius → authorOf → De consolatione philosophiae ⓘ
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius → knownFor → The Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ
De remediis utriusque fortunae → influencedBy → Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy
De casibus virorum illustrium → influencedBy → Boethius’ De consolatione philosophiae ⓘ
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (Old English translation) ⓘ
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy
Cicero’s Dream of Scipio → influenced → Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy
John Lydgate's Fall of Princes → influencedBy → Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ
linked to: The Consolation of Philosophy