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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century. The local cult of Boethius in the Diocese of Pavia was sanctioned by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883, confirming the diocese's custom of honouring him on the 23 October
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Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius was a male philosopher, writer, musicologist, and music theorist of the late antiquity period. He held the position of Roman consul and was a citizen of the Ostrogothic Kingdom. His works, written in Latin, include *The Consolation of Philosophy* and *De consolatione philosophiae*. He was influenced by Plotinus, Porphyry, Augustine of Hippo, and Seneca.
Boethius was born in 475 or 480 and died in 524 or 525 in Pavia by decapitation. He is buried at San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro. A member of the Catholic Church, he holds the canonization status of blessed. His writings have been described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and Pauly–Wissowa.
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius (ca. 480–524 or 525 AD) was a philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and important family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor. Boethius, of the noble Anicia family, entered public life at a young age and was already a senator by the age of 25. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Boethius">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Quotes
- “Qui cecidit, stabili non erat ille gradu.”
- “Quae ubi poeticas Musas uidit nostro assistentes toro fletibusque meis uerba dictantes, commota paulisper ac toruis inflammata luminibus: Quis, inquit, has scenicas meretriculas ad hunc aegrum permisit accedere, quae dolores eius non modo nullis remediis fouerent, uerum dulcibus insuper alerent uenenis? Hae sunt enim quae infructuosis affectuum spinis uberem fructibus rationis segetem necant hominumque mentes assuefaciunt morbo, non liberant.”
- “Si operam medicantis exspectas, oportet vulnus detegas.”
- “Unde haud iniuria tuorum quidam familiarium quaesiuit: 'si quidem deus', inquit, 'est, unde mala? Bona uero unde, si non est?”
- “Nec speres aliquid nec extimescas,exarmaueris impotentis iram;at quisquis trepidus pauet uel optat,quod non sit stabilis suique iuris,abiecit clipeum locoque motusnectit qua ualeat trahi catenam.”
- “Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii fuisse felicem.”
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- 480
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- 23 October
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- On the Consolation of Philosophy
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Described at
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Anitii Manlii Severini Boethi, Inter Latinos Aristotelis interpretes, & ætate primi, & doctrina præcipui Dialectia. In Qva Qvidem Emendanda Tantam Adhibvit Martianvs Rota diligentiam ... addiderit; multa, quæ deprauata erant emendarit; totum denique opus in meliorem formam redigerit, ac planè illustrarit
Arithmetica duobus Arita libris: adjecto commentario, mysticam numerorum applicationem perstringent, declarata
Expositiones in B. Ioannis Apocalypsim, Quinque Libros Boetii De Consolatione Philosophiae; Commentarium in tractatum eiusdem Boetii de Scholarium disciplina
Consolationis Philosophia libros V interpretatione et notis illustravit Petrus Callyus
De disciplina scholarium cum notabili commento
Boecius De consolatione
De consolatione philosophiae. Mit Kommentar des Pseudo-Thomas de Aquino
Tractatus varii
De consolatione philosophiae
De consolatione philosophiae
Boethii arithmetica
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae characteribus longobardis script
Boethii geometria
Boethii de Bometica
Boethii Definitione
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boet. De philos. consolation
Boethius De consolatione, sine principio
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius
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Boethii Expositio in librum Perihermeneias Aristotelis
Boethius De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius De scholastica disciplina
De la consolación filosófica [Manuscrito]
Consolaçion [Printed Text]
Consolation [Printed Text]
Consolaçion [Printed Text]
Book of natural consolation
De consolacion [Manuscrito]
Della Consolazione Della Filosofia. Tradotto di lingua latina, in volgare Fiorentino, Da Benedetto Varchi
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Rise to power
- Downfall and death
- Major works
- ''De consolatione philosophiae''
- ''De topicis differentiis''
- ''De arithmetica''
- ''De institutione musica''
- ''Opuscula sacra''
- Dates of works
- Legacy
- Veneration
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
- Works
- On Boethius' life and works
- On Boethius' logic and philosophy
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century. The local cult of Boethius in the Diocese of Pavia was sanctioned by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883, confirming the diocese's custom of honouring him on the 23 October.
Boethius was born in Rome a few years after the forced abdication of the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus. A member of the Anicii family, he was orphaned following the family's sudden decline and was raised by Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, a later consul. After mastering both Latin and Greek in his youth, Boethius rose to prominence as a statesman during the Ostrogothic Kingdom, becoming a senator by age 25, a consul by age 33, and later chosen as a personal advisor to Theodoric the Great.
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