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Author:   Antonio Donato (Queens College, CUNY, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.331kg
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9781474228572

ISBN 10:   1474228577
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   26 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Boethius and the Ideology of the Roman Senatorial Aristocracy The Ideology of the Roman Senatorial Aristocracy I: Education and Literary Pursuits The Ideology of the Roman Senatorial Aristocracy II: Wealth, Nobility, Political Prominence and Morality Boethius' Family Heritage: the Anicii and the Symmachi The Philosopher in Politics Consolation I.4 and the Ideology of the Roman Senatorial Aristocracy Philosophy and External Goods The Possession of Wealth Power and Dignitas The Vanity of Glory Conclusion 2 The Illness and the Healer Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa in the Ideal Philosopher Boethius' Illness: Forgetfulness Philosophy, a Peculiar Character The Appearance of Philosophy Living as a Philosopher Philosophy, a 'Dialectical' Doctor Philosophy's Therapy and its Methods The 'Philosophical' Therapy Conclusion 3 How does Philosophy Convey her Therapy? Poetry and Rhetoric as Instruments of Philosophy's Therapy Poetry and the Consolation The Poetics of the Consolation Poetry, Music and Therapy: the Consolation's Sources The Source of Music's Therapeutic Power: the Consolation's Sources Music and Therapy in Boethius' De Musica The Poems of the Consolation Poetry Quotations in the Consolation Rhetoric and the Consolation The Use of Exemplum The Use of Myths The Use of Personi- cations Conclusion 4 Christianity and the Consolation Christianity and Classical Culture in Boethius' Circles Christianity and Philosophia Philosophy and Wisdom in Boethius' Works Philosophy and Wisdom in the Consolation Conclusion Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

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Donato presents Boethius's well-known Consolation of Philosophy in a strikingly new way, by stressing its author's consciousness of himself as a Roman aristocrat, with very specific values and obligations. This thesis is developed into a reinterpretation of how Philosophy consoles, and how Boethius conveys his message through poetry and images as well as argument. -- Professor John Marenbon, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK Antonio Donato's trenchant analysis of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a product of Late Antiquity includes fresh and important insights which aid in resolving many of the traditional exegetical difficulties readers have had with this text. Historians, philosophers, and theologians will surely profit from this new reading of Boethius -- William E. Carroll, University of Oxford, UK This is an important book. With it-and in the company of his three substantial and near-contemporary articles on Consolation, modestly unrecorded in his bibliography-Donato emerges as a new and powerful voice in Boethian studies. -- Joel C. Relihan, Wheaton College, USA * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

Donato presents Boethius's well-known Consolation of Philosophy in a strikingly new way, by stressing its author's consciousness of himself as a Roman aristocrat, with very specific values and obligations. This thesis is developed into a reinterpretation of how Philosophy consoles, and how Boethius conveys his message through poetry and images as well as argument. -- Professor John Marenbon, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK Antonio Donato's trenchant analysis of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a product of Late Antiquity includes fresh and important insights which aid in resolving many of the traditional exegetical difficulties readers have had with this text. Historians, philosophers, and theologians will surely profit from this new reading of Boethius -- William E. Carroll, University of Oxford, UK This is an important book. With it-and in the company his three substantial and near-contemporary articles on Consolation, modestly unrecorded in his bibliography-1 Donato emerges as a new and powerful voice in Boethian studies. -- Joel C. Relihan, Wheaton College, USA Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Donato presents Boethius's well-known Consolation of Philosophy in a strikingly new way, by stressing its author's consciousness of himself as a Roman aristocrat, with very specific values and obligations. This thesis is developed into a reinterpretation of how Philosophy consoles, and how Boethius conveys his message through poetry and images as well as argument. -- Professor John Marenbon, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK Antonio Donato's trenchant analysis of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a product of Late Antiquity includes fresh and important insights which aid in resolving many of the traditional exegetical difficulties readers have had with this text. Historians, philosophers, and theologians will surely profit from this new reading of Boethius -- William E. Carroll, University of Oxford, UK This is an important book. With it-and in the company of his three substantial and near-contemporary articles on Consolation, modestly unrecorded in his bibliography-Donato emerges as a new and powerful voice in Boethian studies. -- Joel C. Relihan, Wheaton College, USA Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Antonio Donato is Assistant Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Queens College, CUNY, USA. He has a DPhil from Oxford University and a PHD from the University of Padua.

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