1656 Boethius Consolation of Philosophy Medieval Latin CLASSIC Renatus Vallinus

1656 Boethius Consolation of Philosophy Medieval Latin CLASSIC Renatus Vallinus

“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 is 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 1656, this edition was collected and edited by Renatus Vallinus, published by Hackium.

Item number: #28139

Price: $599

BOETHIUS

An. Manl. Sever. Boetii, Consolationis philosophiæ libri V. Ejusd. opuscula sacra auctiora

Lugd. Batavorum: Apud F. Hackium, 1656.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [30], 214, [14]; 117, [5]
  • Engraved title page and portrait of Boethius
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 10.5cm)

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