Boethius - Wikipedia Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, [1][note 1] commonly known simply as Boethius ( boʊˈiːθiəs ; Latin: Boetius; c 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius | Roman Philosopher . . . [Italy]—died 524, Pavia?) was a Roman scholar, Christian philosopher, and statesman, author of the celebrated De consolatione philosophiae (Consolation of Philosophy), a largely Neoplatonic work in which the pursuit of wisdom and the love of God are described as the true sources of human happiness
Boethius | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Boethius was a prolific Roman scholar of the sixth century AD who played an important role in transmitting Greek science and philosophy to the medieval Latin world His most influential work is The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius (c. 480-584), Consolation of Philosophy | Harvards . . . The Consolation of Philosophy, by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, written in prison while he awaited execution by Theodoric, ruler of Rome, was the most popular and influential philosophical work, especially among laymen, from the sixth to the eighteenth centuries
Boethius: Everything You Need to Know Discover how Boethius preserved classical knowledge and his profound contributions to philosophy during the collapse of the Roman Empire
Boethius (480 - 524) - Biography - MacTutor History of . . . Boethius was a Roman mathematician and philosopher who wrote texts on geometry and arithmetic which were used for many centuries during a time when mathematical achievement in Europe was at a remarkable low