This is a link to a discussion of Boethius' work and its influence on Western culture and thought from the BBC In Our Time archive: The Consolation of Philosophy.
You can find Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy' translated by H R James here at Project Gutenburg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14328/14328-h/14328-h.htm I particularly wanted to read the poems which introduce each Book
I mentioned King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy. You can follow this thread by reading Alfred's preface to another translation he made, where he explains his mission to educate his people, and something of his method: www.departments.bucknell.edu/english/courses/engl440/pastoral/translation.shtml 'It was as if they had said: 'Our ancestors, who formerly held these places, loved wisdom, and through it they obtained wealth and left it to us. Here we can still see their footprints, but we cannot track after them.' And therefore we have now lost both the wealth and the wisdom, because we would not bend down to their tracks with our minds.'
You can find Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy' translated by H R James here at Project Gutenburg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14328/14328-h/14328-h.htm I particularly wanted to read the poems which introduce each Book
ReplyDeleteI mentioned King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy. You can follow this thread by reading Alfred's preface to another translation he made, where he explains his mission to educate his people, and something of his method: www.departments.bucknell.edu/english/courses/engl440/pastoral/translation.shtml
Delete'It was as if they had said: 'Our ancestors, who formerly held these places, loved wisdom, and through it they obtained wealth and left it to us. Here we can still see their footprints, but we cannot track after them.' And therefore we have now lost both the wealth and the wisdom, because we would not bend down to their tracks with our minds.'
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