1680 Boethius Consolation of Philosophy Medieval Peter Callyus Latin CLASSIC

1680 Boethius Consolation of Philosophy Medieval Peter Callyus Latin CLASSIC

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”

― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

“A golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully.”

– Edward Gibbon

A rare edition of “The Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius, a work that has been described as “the single most important and influential work on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity and is the last great Western work of the Classical Period.” (‘Consolation of Philosophy’, Oxford 2000, introduction). This work in an imaginary dialogue between Boethius and the personification of philosophy, arguing that there is a higher power. Boethius engages questions such as the nature of predestination and free will, why evil men often prosper, and good men fall into ruin, human nature, virtue, and justice.

Printed in 1680, this edition was collected and edited by Peter Callyus.

Item number: #22392

Price: $750

BOETHIUS

Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii v.c. et inl. ex cons. ord. exmag. off. atque patricii Consolationis philosophiae libros quinque

Lutetiae Parisiorum: Apud Lambertum Roulland, 1680.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [40], 352, [56]
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~9.5in X 7.25in (24cm x 18.5cm)

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