The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius Translated into English Prose and Verse by H. R. James The Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIAE) is a work by the sixth-century philosopher Boethius that has been described as having had the single most important influence on the Christianity of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance and as the last great work of the Classical Period. The Consolation of Philosophy was written in AD 523 during a one-year imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial - and eventual execution - for the alleged crime of treason under the...

Boethius was a Roman senator and philosopher in the early 6th century. Boethius was a public servant under King Theodoric the Great but was later imprisoned and executed on charges of treason. While Boethius was in jail he wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, a classic book which covers a wide range of topics such as fortune, death, and other issues.

Boethius was a Roman senator and philosopher in the early 6th century. Boethius was a public servant under King Theodoric the Great but was later imprisoned and executed on charges of treason. While Boethius was in jail he wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, a classic book which covers a wide range of topics such as fortune, death, and other issues.

While I was thus mutely pondering within myself, and recording my sorrowful complainings with my pen, it seemed to me that there appeared above my head a woman of a countenance exceeding venerable. Her eyes were bright as fire, and of a more than human keenness; her complexion was lively, her vigour showed no trace of enfeeblement; and yet her years were right full, and she plainly seemed not of our age and time. Her stature was difficult to judge. At one moment it exceeded not the common height, at another her forehead seemed to strike the sky; and whenever she raised her head higher, she...