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Although Boethius was a Christian and the text is full of philosophical and spiritual ideas and frequently uses the word [[God]], it makes no outright reference to [[Christianity]].  Although Christianity influences the text, it is important to understand Boethius’s identity as a Roman.  While writing, he experienced the fall of Rome and his own imprisonment.  Coupled with his own rise and fall on the Wheel of Fortune, the [[Roman Empire]] has been destroyed. The imprisoned author draws on the Greco-Roman legacy of Philosophy for comfort.

Although Boethius was a Christian and the text is full of philosophical and spiritual ideas and frequently uses the word [[God]], it makes no outright reference to [[Christianity]].  Although Christianity influences the text, it is important to understand Boethius’s identity as a Roman.  While writing, he experienced the fall of Rome and his own imprisonment.  Coupled with his own rise and fall on the Wheel of Fortune, the [[Roman Empire]] has been destroyed. The imprisoned author draws on the Greco-Roman legacy of Philosophy for comfort.

==External Links==

==External links==

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02610b.htm  Catholic Encyclopedia on Boethius

* http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02610b.htm  Catholic Encyclopedia on Boethius

 

* http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14328 Project Gutenberg’s ''Consolation of Philosophy''; 1897 English translation

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14328 Project Gutenberg’s ''Consolation of Philosophy''; 1897 English translation

[[Category:Philosophy]]

[[Category:Philosophy]]