The Consolation Of Philosophy As Cosmic Image

Author : Myra L. Uhlfelder
Publisher : Renaissance Society of America
ISBN 13 : 9780866985277
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Consolation of Philosophy as Cosmic Image written by Myra L. Uhlfelder and published by Renaissance Society of America. This book was released on 2018 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, Uhlfelder (recently deceased) argues convincingly that, in portraying his literary persona as an exemplum of man in his quest for self-knowledge, Boethius has made the whole Consolatio a cosmic image representing man as microcosm. The mental faculties of sensus, imaginatio, ratio, and intellegentia are arranged as a proportion suggesting both Plato's famous "divided line" at the end of Book 6 of the Republic and, at the same time, the four elements of the physical cosmos which, according to the Platonic Timaeus, are connected with one another so as to form a geometrical proportion. The philosophical argument of the Consolatio in books II through V comprises another cosmic image with III. M.9 at its exact center; in addition, the other three cosmic depictions, revolving as concentric circles around III. M.9, may be viewed as forming an image of cosmic order. In its structure, then, Boethius' work is an anagogic eikon which formally depicts its content.

Author : Michael Wiitala
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009288229
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boethius's ‘Consolation of Philosophy' written by Michael Wiitala and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of philosophical essays devoted exclusively to Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy by scholars of late antiquity and medieval philosophy.

Author : Michael Wiitala
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009288261
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boethius’ ‘Consolation of Philosophy’ written by Michael Wiitala and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most widely read and influential texts in medieval Europe, considering questions such as How can evil exist in a world governed by God? And how is happiness still attainable despite the vicissitudes of fortune? Written as a dialogue between Boethius and Lady Philosophy, and alternating between poetry and prose, the Consolation is of interest not only to philosophers but to students of classics and literature as well. In this Critical Guide, the first collection of philosophical essays devoted exclusively to the Consolation, thirteen new essays demonstrate its ongoing vitality and break open its riches for a new generation of readers. The essays reflect the diverse array of approaches in contemporary scholarship and attend to both the literary features and the philosophical content of the Consolation. The volume will be invaluable for scholars of medieval philosophy, medieval literature, and the history of ideas.

Author : Jason Aleksander
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004536906
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystical Theology and Platonism in the Time of Cusanus written by Jason Aleksander and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystical Theology and Platonism in the Time of Cusanus engages with the history of mystical theology and Neoplatonic philosophy through the lens of the 15th century philosopher and theologian, Nicholas of Cusa. The volume comprises nineteen essays that break down the barriers between medieval and Renaissance studies, reinterpreting Cusanus’ place in the history of thought by exploring the archive that informed his thinking, while also interrogating his works by exploring them from the standpoint of their later reception by modern philosophers and theologians. The volume also offers tribute to the career of Donald F. Duclow, a leading scholar in the field of Cusanus studies in particular and of the history of mystical theology and Neoplatonic philosophy more generally.

Author : Ardis Butterfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108492398
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages written by Ardis Butterfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reasserts the central importance of medieval scholastic literary theory through a collection of newly-commissioned expert essays.

Author : Stephen Blackwood
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191028118
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy written by Stephen Blackwood and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages, literature was read with the ear as much as with the eye: silent reading was the exception; audible reading, the norm. This highly original book shows that Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy - one of the most widely-read texts in Western history - aims to affect the listener through the designs of its rhythmic sound. Stephen Blackwood argues that the Consolation's metres are arranged in patterns that have a therapeutic and liturgical purpose: as a bodily mediation of the text's consolation, these rhythmic patterns enable the listener to discern the eternal in the motion of time. The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy vividly explores how in this acoustic encounter with the text philosophy becomes a lived reality, and reading a kind of prayer.

Author : Boethius
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486113167
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Consolation of Philosophy written by Boethius and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark of medieval Western thought written by a 6th-century Roman statesman and philosopher awaiting execution. How to achieve and maintain spiritual peace amid life's inevitable pain.

Author : Boethius
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603840044
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consolation of Philosophy written by Boethius and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entirely faithful to Boethius' Latin; Relihan's translation makes the philosophy of the Consolation intelligible to readers; it gives equal weight to the poetry--in fact, Relihan's metrical translation of Boethius' metro are themselves contributions of the first moment to Boethian studies. Boethius finally has a translator equal to his prodigious talents and his manifold vision. --Joseph Pucci, Brown University

Author : Anicius Boethius
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681494760
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Consolation of Philosophy written by Anicius Boethius and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the sixth century, The Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages. Boethius composed the masterpiece while imprisoned and awaiting the death sentence for treason. The Christian author had served as a high-ranking government official before falling out of favor with Roman Emperor Theodoric, an Arian. In the Consolation, Boethius explores the true end of life-knowledge of God-through a conversation with Lady Philosophy. Part prose, part poetry, the work combines Greek philosophy and Christian faith to formulate answers to some of life's most difficult and enduring questions.

Author : Arthur Schopenhauer
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624668496
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Basis of Morality written by Arthur Schopenhauer and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition originally published by Berghahn Books. Schopenhauer's treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Payne’s definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translator’s preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant's work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added.