Boethius, On the Consolation of Philosophy

Medieval Era Writers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain, Roman Philosophers & Theologians

On the Consolation of Philosophy was written in AD 523 during a year-long imprisonment that the Roman statesman Boethius served while awaiting trial, and ultimately execution, for the alleged crime of treason under the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. Boethius was imprisoned due to treachery, and his experience of this injustice inspired him to question […]

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