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n. - A Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason.

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  • The passage is translated in Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, trans.
  • The work of Boethius, which is known in all modern languages, was translated into Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred, 900 A.D.
  • Boethius (ca. A.D. 480-524), transmitter of ancient
  • Boethius to modern times speak of abstracting forms
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