{"title":"Boethius","description":"Boethius (ca. 480-524 CE) was a Roman philosopher and statesman who lived under the rule of the Ostrogoths after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Accused of treason, he was imprisoned around 523 and tortured and executed in 524. He wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while in prison awaiting his fate. Philip Freeman is the author of more than thirty books on the ancient world, including Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor and Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet. His other books include six previous volumes in Princeton's Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, How to Tell a Story, How to Think about God, How to Be a Friend, How to Grow Old,  How to Run a Country, and How to Win an Election. He holds the Fletcher Jones Chair in Humanities at Pepperdine University.","products":[{"product_id":"the-consolation-of-philosophy-royal-collectors-edition-case-laminate-hardcover-with-jacket-hardcover","title":"The Consolation of Philosophy (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e was written in 523 AD during a one-year imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial-and eventual execution-for the alleged crime of treason under King Theodoric the Great. Boethius held the prestigious office of \u003cem\u003emagister officiorum\u003c\/em\u003e in Rome, but was brought down by treachery. The text reflects on how evil can exist in a world governed by God and how happiness is still attainable amidst fickle fortune, and considers the nature of happiness and God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, as well as the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Readers of the text were encouraged not to seek worldly goods such as money and power, but to seek internalized virtues. With its note of fatalism and its affinities with the Christian doctrine of humility, \u003cem\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e stands midway between the pagan philosophy of Seneca the Younger and the later Christian philosophy of consolation represented by Thomas à Kempis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367987019999,"sku":"9781774761823","price":57.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xK-q0haVFI9781774761823.webp?v=1789117019"},{"product_id":"the-consolation-of-philosophy-hardcover","title":"The Consolation of Philosophy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete\u003c\/strong\u003e edition of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eby Boethius and translated by W. V. Cooper. As Boethius approached death, he contemplates what is happiness, purpose, and definition of a 'good' life. Insightful thinking for all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo assist with understanding the middle English text, many words have been translated in the footnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You and God Himself, who has grafted you in the minds of philosophers, are my witnesses that never have I applied myself to any office of state except that I might work for the common welfare of all good men.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll students of thought should get this historic book. 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It was written during a one-year imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial for the crime of treason. This experience inspired the text, which reflects on how evil can exist in a world governed by God, and how happiness can be attainable amidst fickle fortune, while also considering the nature of happiness and God. Boethius writes the book as a conversation between himself and Lady Philosophy. She consoles Boethius by discussing the transitory nature of fame and wealth, and the ultimate superiority of things of the mind, which she calls the \"one true good\". She contends that happiness comes from within, and that one's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377618682079,"sku":"9781614270454","price":12.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Ki7dFKIoV_9781614270454.webp?v=1789236209"},{"product_id":"the-consolation-of-philosophy-paperback-1","title":"The Consolation of Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e2016 Reprint of the 1962 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Translated, with an introduction and notes by Richard H. Green. \"The Consolation of Philosophy\" was written in the sixth-century and 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. From the Carolingian epoch to the end of the Middle Ages and beyond, this was the most widely copied work of secular literature in Europe. It was one of the most popular and influential philosophical works, read by statesmen, poets, and historians, as well as of philosophers and theologians. It is through Boethius that much of the thought of the Classical period was made available to the Western Medieval world. It has often been said Boethius was the \"last of the Romans and the first of the Scholastics\". The philosophical message of the book fits well with the religious piety of the Middle Ages. Readers were encouraged not to seek worldly goods such as money and power, but to seek internalized virtues. 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Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in a form called \u003cem\u003eMeippean Satire\u003c\/em\u003e that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded. \u003cem\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; it inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the \u003cem\u003eMeippean\u003c\/em\u003e texture of part prose, part verse have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature, and religion ever since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series: \u003c\/strong\u003eFor over 100 years \u003cstrong\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/strong\u003e has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377636966623,"sku":"9780199540549","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XMLZyViHx19780199540549.webp?v=1789236254"},{"product_id":"how-to-cope-an-ancient-guide-to-enduring-hardship-hardcover","title":"How to Cope: An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius's \u003ci\u003eConsolation of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e--a moving classic about facing life's worst events with courage and hope\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat do you do when your life has fallen apart? Fifteen hundred years ago, a Roman nobleman named Boethius (ca. 480-524 CE) asked this question as he was sitting in a prison cell waiting to die, accused--probably unjustly--of treason. Boethius had been a rich and powerful man with all a person could want in life, but now he had lost everything. Shaken, he wondered how such terrible misfortune could have happened to him and why life was so unfair. When Philosophy herself appears in his cell and confronts Boethius, the conversation that follows between the two on the nature of evil and why humans suffer is as powerful and inspiring today as it was to its first readers. 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