The Consolation of Philosophy - De consolatione philosophiae

Japanese: 哲学の慰め - てつがくのなぐさめ（英語表記）De consolatione philosophiae

Boethius' last work. In 523, he was dismissed from his position as "magister officiorum" and imprisoned for plotting a rebellion against Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who ruled Italy at the time through his friendship with the Eastern Roman emperor. He wrote this book in prison until his execution in 525 (or 526). It consists of five books, and is written in the "Menippian" style, alternating verse and prose. The book is presented in the form of a "philosophy" allegorized as a goddess, which answers the various questions posed by the man who had gone from being a high-ranking official to being a prisoner and suffering misfortune. The book focuses on the relationship between God and the world, centering on a Neoplatonic interpretation of Plato's "Timaeus."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ボエティウスの最後の著作。彼は523年，東ローマ皇帝と誼（よしみ）を通じ当時イタリアを支配していた東ゴート王テオドリックに反逆を企てたかどで〈諸官僚の長magister officiorum〉を罷免，投獄されるが，525年(または526)処刑されるまで獄中でこの本を執筆。5巻からなり，全体は韻文と散文とを交互に配した〈メニッポス風〉という形式にのっとって著されている。顕職から一挙に囚人の身となり，悲運をかこつ彼が提起するさまざまな問いに対し，女神に寓意化された〈哲学〉が答える体裁がとられており，プラトンの《ティマイオス》の新プラトン主義的解釈を軸に，神と世界との関連が主題とされる。

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