TY - GEN AB - Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature's most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt's translation captures the energy and passion of the original. And in an introduction intended for the general reader, Seth Lerer places Boethius's life and achievement in context. AU - Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, AU - Lerer, Seth, AU - Slavitt, David R. AU - Slavitt, David, CN - B659.D472 -- E5 2008eb DO - 10.4159/9780674028456 DO - doi ID - 1478244 JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 KW - Happiness. KW - Philosophy and religion. KW - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674028456 N2 - Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature's most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt's translation captures the energy and passion of the original. And in an introduction intended for the general reader, Seth Lerer places Boethius's life and achievement in context. SN - 9780674028456 T1 - The Consolation of Philosophy / TI - The Consolation of Philosophy / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674028456 ER -