Image of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Timeline

Lifetime: 477 - 524 Passed: ≈ 1500 years ago

Title

Roman Senator, Consul, Magister Officiorum, Philosopher

Country/Nationality

Italy
Wikipedia

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born about a year after Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor and declared himself King of Italy. Boethius entered public service under Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great, who later imprisoned and executed him in 524 on charges of conspiracy to overthrow him. While jailed, Boethius composed his Consolation of Philosophy, a philosophical treatise on fortune, death, and other issues, which became one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages. As the author of numerous handbooks and translator of Plato and Aristotle, he became the main intermediary between Classical antiquity and following centuries.

Books by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy Cover image

The Consolation of Philosophy

Philosophy Non-Fiction
Self Help Treatise

Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Chr...