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Encyclopedia > Boethius

There are several persons called Bo thius:

  • Philosophers:
    • Anicius Manlius Severinus thius - to many scholars this is the Bo thius, a late-Roman writer best known for his works in philosophy and theology.
    • Bo thius of Dacia - a medieval professor at the French Sorbonne, a philosopher of the averroist school
    • Daniel Bo thius - a professor of philosophy from Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Authors:
    • Maria-Pia thius - a Swedish writer.

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was born in or near Rome around the year 480 A.D. Orphaned young, he was brought up in the household of one of the richest and most venerable aristocrats of the time, Symmachus.
Boethius may in fact have studied in the Greek east, perhaps at Athens, perhaps at Alexandria, but we cannot be sure.
The dialogue between two characters (one of whom we may call Boethius, but only on condition that we distinguish Boethius the character from Boethius the author, who surely manipulated his self-representation for literary and philosophical effect) is carefully structured according to the best classical models.
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