Written while its author awaited execution in 522 CE, FTP name this philosophical tract written by Boethius.
Close to 400 manuscripts of it have been discovered making it second only to the Bible in Medieval popularity, and such renowned personages as Chaucer, Queen Elizabeth, and Alfred the Great translated it. It combines verse and a prose dialogue between the author and the title figure who argues that power and fame are not intrinsically valuable because they can be used for evil. Written while its author awaited execution in 522 CE, FTP name this philosophical tract written by Boethius.
Close to 400 manuscripts of it have been discovered making it second only to the Bible in Medieval popularity, and such renowned personages as Chaucer, Queen Elizabeth, and Alfred the Great translated it.
The {Consolation of Philosophy} or {De Consolatione Philosophiae}.