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171 pages • first pub 524 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199540549
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition Pub Date: 15 October 2008
Readers who appreciate reflective, philosophical explorations of existential themes like suffering and free will through a blend of poetry and prose will find this work deeply engaging.
Description
Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true ...
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reflective: 93%
challenging: 61%
informative: 44%
inspiring: 34%
hopeful: 20%
emotional: 9%
mysterious: 7%
adventurous: 3%
dark: 2%
relaxing: 2%
sad: 2%
funny: 1%
tense: 1%
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Moderate
ConfinementMinor
Death, Torture, Grief
171 pages • first pub 524 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199540549
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition Pub Date: 15 October 2008
Readers who appreciate reflective, philosophical explorations of existential themes like suffering and free will through a blend of poetry and prose will find this work deeply engaging.
Description
Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true ...
Community Reviews
Moods
reflective: 93%
challenging: 61%
informative: 44%
inspiring: 34%
hopeful: 20%
emotional: 9%
mysterious: 7%
adventurous: 3%
dark: 2%
relaxing: 2%
sad: 2%
funny: 1%
tense: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
ConfinementMinor
Death, Torture, Grief