Description: Boece Boethius Consolation Of Philosophy 1656The description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.Boethius, An(icius). Manl(ius). Sever(inus).Consolationis philosophiae libri V. Ejusd(em). opuscula sacra auctiora. Renatus Vallinus recensuit & Notis illustravit.Lugd. Batavorum (Leiden), Apud Franciscum Hackium 1656., 11 x 16.5 cm, contemporary full calfskin binding, speckled edge , missing spine, one joint cracked, blunted corners, 15 ff., 214 pp. 7 ff. index, 117 pp. & 3 ff. table, well preserved interior.Very rareAnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly called Boethius /bo.ɛs/, born around 480 has Rome and put to death in 524 has Pavia by Theodoric the Great, is a Latin philosopher and politician. Contemporary of Cassiodorus and of Clovis Ier, he witnesses the last lights of the Roman Empire.He was both a Christian and a follower of the doctrine ofAristotle, whose writings he comments on, his treatises on theology, philosophy, mathematics and music. His work was the primary ancient source for the medieval philosophy before the xiiie century. His treatise Logica vetus (ancient logic) included among others his Latin translations of theOrganon (Analytics I and II), of the Categories, of the Topicals, And Of the Interpretation of Aristotle, which he transmitted to the West before the commentaries ofAverroes. Educator, he is the inventor of the term quadrivium (quadruple path) to designate the learning of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy, which was to follow the trivium (grammar, dialectic and rhetoric).He is notably the author of Spices, system of decimal numbers which is the origin of the introduction of position numbering by Gerbert of Aurillac, and Consolation of Philosophy, Neoplatonic work in which the pursuit of wisdom and love of God are described as the true sources of happinessThanks WikipediaLugd. Batavorum (Leiden), Apud Franciscum Hackium 1656., 11 x 16.5 cm, contemporary full calfskin binding, speckled edge , missing spine, one joint cracked, blunted corners, 15 ff., 214 pp. 7 ff. index, 117 pp. & 3 ff. table, well preserved interior. century. His treatise Logica vetus (ancient logic) included among others his Latin translations of theOrganon (Analytics I and II), of the Categories, of the Topicals, And Of the Interpretation of Aristotle, which he transmitted to the West before the commentaries ofAverroes. Educator, he is the inventor of the term quadrivium (quadruple path) to designate the learning of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy, which was to follow the trivium (grammar, dialectic and rhetoric). He is notably the author of Spices, system of decimal numbers w
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