Consolation of Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor David R. Slavitt is a poet and the translator of more than ninety works of fiction, poetry, and drama. Seth Lerer is Dean of Arts and Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Klappentext Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature¿s most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt¿s translation captures Boethius¿s energy and passion. Seth Lerer places Boethius¿s life and achievement in context in his introduction. Zusammenfassung Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature’s most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt’s translation captures Boethius’s energy and passion. Seth Lerer places Boethius’s life and achievement in context in his introduction.

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• Authors: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Boethius Boethius
• Assisted by: Lerer Seth (Introduction), David Slavitt (Translation), David R Slavitt (Translation), David R. Slavitt (Translation), Slavitt David R. (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9780674048355
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04835-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Latin, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500