On the Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: De consolatione philosophiae), often titled as The Consolation of Philosophy or simply the Consolation, is a...
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The Consolations of Philosophy (ISBN 0-140-27661-0) is a non-fiction book by Alain de Botton. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 2000, subsequent publications...
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the future. Consolation is an important topic arising in history, the arts, philosophy, and psychology. In the field of medicine, consolation has been broadly...
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Boethius (redirect from Boethius of rome)
from charges of conspiracy, he was imprisoned by Theodoric around the year 523. While jailed Boethius wrote On the Consolation of Philosophy—a philosophical...
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Alain de Botton (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature)
both the US and UK. This was followed by The Consolations of Philosophy in 2000. The title of the book is a reference to Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy...
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writing The Consolation of Philosophy. The work has been described as having had the single most important influence on the Christianity of the Middle...
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Rota Fortunae (redirect from Wheel of Fortune (philosophy))
for the Middle Ages by its extended treatment in the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius from around 520. It became a common image in manuscripts of the...
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Stephen J. Blackwood (category Member of the Mont Pelerin Society)
Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved September 7, 2014. St Thomas's, Huron Street (2009). "Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy". Retrieved...
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than personal letters of consolation. Furthermore, although each essay is particular in its address of consolation, the tone of these works is notably detached...
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For instance, there is the inclusion of philosophical themes—mainly of the kind contained in the Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius—astrological references...
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