Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae

by Boethius

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The book is Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae. The text says that Boethius rose to the social duties of public and private life, and that the indigent were relieved by his liberality. The text also says that the dignity of Boethius was adorned with the titles of consul and patrician, and that his talents were usefully employed in the important station of master of the offices.

A gloss in the text says that if you indulge in vice you need no other chastisement, because you have degraded yourself into a lower order of beings. The text says that some credit may be due to the asseveration of Boethius that he had reluctantly obeyed the divine Plato, who enjoins every virtuous citizen to rescue the state from the usurpation of vice and ignorance.

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Boethius

Boethius (c. 477-524 AD) was a Roman philosopher and statesman whose Consolation of Philosophy, written in prison before his execution, became one of the most influential works of the Middle Ages.