TY - BOOK AU - Boethius,Anicius Manlius Severinus AU - Lerer,Seth AU - Slavitt,David AU - Slavitt,David R. TI - The Consolation of Philosophy SN - 9780674031050 AV - B659.D472 -- E5 2008eb U1 - 100 PY - 2009///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Happiness KW - Philosophy and religion KW - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Book I --; Book II --; Book III --; Book IV --; Book V; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature's most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt's translation captures the energy and passion of the original. And in an introduction intended for the general reader, Seth Lerer places Boethius's life and achievement in context UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674028456 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674028456 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674028456/original ER -