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The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics) (Updated Edition) by P. G. Walsh (Translator), Peter Walsh (Editor) Paperback, 171 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-19-283883-0 / 0192838830 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-283883-4 / 9780192838834 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 end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and conso |