The Cambridge companion to Boethius /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:xv, 356 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge companions to philosophy
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7725776
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Other authors / contributors:Marenbon, John.
ISBN:0521872669 (hbk)
9780521872669 (hbk)
0521694256 (pbk)
9780521694254 (pbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-339) and indexes.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • List of abbreviations of Boethius' works
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction: reading Boethius whole
  • Part I. Before the Consolation
  • 1. Boethius' life and the world of late antique philosophy
  • 2. The Aristotelian commentator
  • 3. The logical textbooks and their influence
  • 4. Boethius on utterances, understanding and reality
  • 5. The Opuscula sacra: Boethius and theology
  • 6. The metaphysics of individuals in the Opuscula sacra
  • 7. The medieval fortunes of the Opuscula sacra
  • Part II. The Consolation
  • 8. The Good and morality: Consolatio 2-4
  • 9. Fate, prescience and free will
  • 10. Interpreting the Consolation
  • 11. The Consolation: the Latin commentary tradition, 800-1700
  • 12. The Consolation and medieval literature
  • Appendix: Boethius' works
  • Bibliography
  • Index: References to Boethius' works
  • General index