Classical and Christian
The sixth century was a time of great transformation in the Western world; it was the time of the end of the Classical Period and the beginning of the Christian Era. Rome had fallen to the barbarians, but they had assumed the mantle of Roman Emperors. However, these barbarian "emperors," and the empire they ruled, were just a shadow of the real thing. In other words, the remnants of the old Roman world still existed, but on top of that foundation was being built a new Christian world. Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy is an example of how the sixth century saw a mixture of the new Christian thought blended with a base of Classical philosophy.
Boethius was a Roman aristocrat who had served the Ostrogothic Emperor Theodoric the Great. The Ostrogoths had conquered Rome and set themselves up as the inheritors of the Roman Empire, even going so far as to declare themselves Roman Emperors. Boethius was sentenced to death when he fell out of favor with Theodoric, but while awaiting execution, he wrote Consolation of Philosophy from his prison cell. The book is an imaginary discussion between Boethius and the Classical figure of "Philosophy," but while Philosophy is a Classical concept, she argues that true happiness can only be found through union with the Christian God.
Boethius began his book in a state of deep frustration over the...
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