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Also known as Flavius Boethius

Roman politician, consul 522

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  • Arithmetica specvlativa Boetij per Iacobum Fabrum Stapulensem in compendium redacta
  • King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the Metres of Boethius De consolathius
  • How to Endure Hardship
  • The Consolation of Philosophy
  • De consolatione philosophiae

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6th Century

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:/

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  • 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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