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Boethius (Boetius)--Anicius Manlius Severinus--Roman statesman and philosopher (ca. 480-524 CE), was son of Flavius Manlius Boetius, after whose death he was looked after by several men, especially Memmius Symmachus. He married Symmachus's daughter, Rusticiana, by whom he had two sons. All three men rose to high honours under Theodoric the Ostrogoth, but Boethius fell from favour, was tried for treason, wrongly condemned, and imprisoned at Ticinum (Pavia), where he wrote his renowned The Consolation of Philosophy. He was put to death in 524, to the great remorse of Theodoric. Boethius was revered as if he were a saint and his bones were removed in 996 to the Church of S. Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, and later to the Cathedral. The tower in Pavia where he was imprisoned is still venerated. Boethius was author of Latin translations of Aristotle, commentaries on various philosophical works, original works on logic, five books on music, and other works. His The Consolation of Philosophy is the last example of purely literary Latin of ancient times--a mingling of alternate dialogue and poems. His Theological Tractates are also included in this volume.
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Aaron Hanes
reviewed The theological tractates on May 06, 2012 The theological tractates
I've been reacting to this book since I was 17 (so 20 years now). On first reading it, I felt liberation. All my fears and cares had been revealed as error, since the only good is truth, and truth cannot be taken away, only neglected. Over the years, this alternated with a second reaction -- if all the stuff of this world is of neither moment nor importance, why live? My anxiety gave way to a kind of numbness, a sense of life-as-marking-time. In responding to the theological problem that the existence of pain posed for Christians, C.S. Lewis remarked that God had two choices: give man a heart that could bleed, or a charcoal briquette for a heart. Life without suffering, and hoping, isn't really life.
My third, and relatively recent reaction to The Consolations was provided by W.S. Merwin, in his poem "To The Consolations of Philosophy". Written right after 9/11: "I know the design/ of the world is beyond/ our comprehension/ thank you/ but grief is selfish and in/ the present when/ the stars do not seem to move/ I was not listening". Admitting that a more philosophical attitude is on the whole better, but rejecting the idea that philosophy can or should draw anyone completely out of the (admittedly temporary) world.
Another twenty years, I am be able to decide what I really think.
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