Boethius

Boethius

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This brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.

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Boethius by John Marenbon

This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius. After a survey of Boethius's life and work, Marenbon explicates his theological method, and devotes separate chapters to his arguments about good and evil, fortune, fate and free will, and the problem of divine foreknowledge. Marenbon also traces Boethius's influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
..will remain for some time an indispensible introduction to one of the great thinkers of the Middle Ages. * Alan R. Perreiah, Transendent Philosophy *
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ISBN 13 9780195134070
ISBN 10 0195134079
Title Boethius
Author John Marenbon
Series Great Medieval Thinkers
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2003-02-27
Number of pages 272
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