text: This philosopher wrote of a vision in which a garment had a "pi" embroidered at its bottom edge and "theta" at the top, with a staircase connecting the two.
full_question: This philosopher wrote of a vision in which a garment had a "pi" embroidered at its bottom edge and "theta" at the top, with a staircase connecting the two. A Christian legend, which held that this man married the hym- nist Helpes, was disputed by Edward Gibbon, who also challenged the authenticity of this man's autobiog- raphy, De Disciplina Scolarium. This man outlines a proof of God based on the standard of perfect happiness in a book that begins with the muses being interrupted by the title allegorical lady. He died in the midst of a pro- ject to translate all of Plato and Aristotle into Latin, shortly before his patron Symmachus was also executed. For 10 points, name this philosopher who was killed at the order of Theodoric after writing The Consolation of Philosophy.
first_sentence: This philosopher wrote of a vision in which a garment had a "pi" embroidered at its bottom edge and "theta" at the top, with a staircase connecting the two.
raw_answer: Boethius [or Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius]