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- prison before his execution, is Consolation of Philosophy, which became one ... While in prison, Boethius wrote Consolation of Philosophy, which later became ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- Crantor (ca. 330 – 270 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher of the Old ... to be controlled rather than eradicated. One of his arguments, reminiscent ...6 KB (970 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- [which] belongs to the school) was a method of learning taught by the academics ... Boethius and his Consolation of Philosophy; Saint Augustine; Plato ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 17:20, 25 January 2023
- His systematized and refined the cosmologies of Plotinus and Iamblichus, and ... Boethius's (480–525) Consolation of Philosophy, written in ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 23:05, 30 November 2022
- made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy ... At the age of twenty-two, Wang went to Shanghai and became a protégé ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2023
- recognized it as an important component of art and aesthetics. However ... the highest value, which exist independently of and transcend the phenomenal ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") is the name of two related ... walls and the beautiful stained glass images of cathedral windows served a ...9 KB (1,473 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- and was known to have written a number of philosophical treatises. While ... the characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- such diverse works as Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and The Romance ... * Translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as Boece ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- [[Image:Zeno.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Zeno of Citium]] Stoicism, one of ... the Christian Boethius in his Consolation of Philosophy, a book that promotes ...21 KB (3,500 words) - 00:46, 26 February 2023
- who lived during the most brilliant era of Roman public life. An academic ... For Cicero, politics took precedence over philosophy. Most of his ...34 KB (5,558 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- or more entities. The etymological origins of the word (in Greek διά ... late antiquity is Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. The genre survived ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter" of the Holy Qur& ... Each Surah is named for a word or name mentioned in an ayah (section ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- often referred to as the “Descartes of the twelfth century” due ... The story of his tragic love affair with his student, Héloïse has ...23 KB (3,725 words) - 01:06, 24 November 2022
- during the 600-year Anglo-Saxon period of British history, from the mid ... translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy contained in the ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- third century C.E., based on the teachings of the antipope Novatian, who ... for the Roman church during the persecution of Emperor Decius c. 250 C.E. ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- The Book of Nahum is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the ... As with many of the Biblical prophets, little is known of Nahum, the ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 20:35, 17 May 2023
- had been thought too vulgar to be capable of literary merit. Like Chaucer ... form inspired by Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy and typified by ...27 KB (4,375 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- (480-524 or 525),Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, trans. P. G. Walsh ... *Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, Translated by P. G. Walsh ...51 KB (8,066 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- advocating independence from the kingdom of Great Britain which influenced ... and the French Revolution. In Rights of Man, written in reply to Edmund ...26 KB (4,114 words) - 22:45, 30 April 2023
- 899) is often considered to be the founder of the English nation. As king ... History of Orosius and The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius, the ...34 KB (5,332 words) - 20:42, 20 July 2023
- , Nikolaos, "victory of the people") was Bishop of Myra ... modern day Demre in the Antalya province of Turkey, and his death date ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356 C.E.), also known as Saint Anthony ... Athanasius's Vita Antonii - the source of many tales of his spirtual ...22 KB (3,532 words) - 19:06, 22 December 2022
- , transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) was the god of medicine ... it is not surprising that Asclepius was one of the more popular deities in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning to study the Greek ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- playwright, and essayist. With the end of Realism and its attempt to ... Sologub had much in common with the French writers of the fin de siècle ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 07:25, 15 April 2024
- The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey ... both Italians. Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy appears in several ...31 KB (5,016 words) - 15:32, 30 April 2023
- or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms in response ... The primary focus of this article is human behavior, which includes ...40 KB (5,552 words) - 21:51, 20 March 2023
- and Fruma Zachs referred to an obituary of Marrash published in an 1897 ... Most of his works revolve around science, history and religion, analyzed ...35 KB (4,995 words) - 17:16, 29 November 2023
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Order of the British Empire (January 3, ... Saxon version of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy known as the Lays ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- is the central religious text or Scripture of Islam. Muslims believe the ... The Qur’an is fundamental to every aspect of Islam. It informs Muslim ...49 KB (7,703 words) - 20:37, 24 January 2023
