The Cambridge companion to Boethius / edited by John Marenbon. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to Boethius / edited by John Marenbon. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to Boethius / edited by John Marenbon. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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English
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1 online resource (xv, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction: reading Boethius whole / John Marenbon -- Part I. Before the Consolation -- Boethius's life and the world of late antique philosophy / John Moorhead -- The Aristotelian commentator / Sten Ebbesen -- The logical text-books and their influence / Christopher Martin -- Boethius on utteranc...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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England
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2009.
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Boethius (c.480-c.525/6), though a Christian, worked in the tradition of the Neoplatonic schools, with their strong interest in Aristotelian logic and Platonic metaphysics. He is best known for his Consolation of Philosophy, which he wrote in prison awaiting execution. His works also include a long series of logical translations, commentaries and m...
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The Cambridge companion to Boethius / edited by John Marenbon. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to philosophy
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-339) and indexes.
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1-139-80155-4
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189
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991023962488102626
