Philosopher · Early Middle Ages · Italy
Boethius
c. 480–524
Roman statesman and thinker who served the Ostrogothic king Theodoric, then was imprisoned and executed on a treason charge. In prison he wrote the Consolation of Philosophy. He lived about 480 to 524, and his translations carried Aristotle's logic into the Middle Ages.
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- Born
- About 480, Rome, Italy, into an old senatorial family.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Boethius
- Died
- 524, executed at Pavia after imprisonment on a treason charge under Theodoric.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Boethius
- School
- Late ancient Platonism, transmitting Aristotle to the Latin West.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Boethius
- Known for
- The Consolation of Philosophy, written in prison, and translations of Aristotle's logical works that the Middle Ages studied for centuries.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Boethius
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