A Christian in toga : : Boethius : interpreter of antiquity and Christian theologian / / Claudio Moreschini.
Boethius is apparently the first Christian writer who was not engaged in dogmatic and theological problems from an ecclesiastical point of view. Boethius hadn't any ecclesiastical office, but was engaged in politics under King Theoderic in Italy, and from his youth he had devoted himself to Ari...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen, Germany ;, Bristol, Connecticut : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English German |
| Series: | Beiträge zur Europäischen Religionsgeschichte (BERG)
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (157 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Boethius is apparently the first Christian writer who was not engaged in dogmatic and theological problems from an ecclesiastical point of view. Boethius hadn't any ecclesiastical office, but was engaged in politics under King Theoderic in Italy, and from his youth he had devoted himself to Aristotelian and Platonic philosophy. Some of his medieval commentators noticed the unchristian, simply Platonic character of his philosophy. Claudio Moreschini, on the basis of Boethius' Opuscula Theologica and Consolatio Philosophiae, shows how he combined Christian faith and philosophy in order to solve |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3666540279 3647540277 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Claudio Moreschini. |