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Definition of Boethius

1. Noun. A Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524).

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Literary usage of Boethius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"On the whole the encyclopaedic labours of Boethius, Doubtful though in the very highest degree honourable to the his writ- worker, have perhaps been of ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"There can be no reasonable doubt, then, that Boethius died a Christian, ... The local cult of Boethius at Pavia was sanctioned when, in 1883, ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"THE FATE OF Boethius AND SYMMACHUS The senator Boethius is the last of the Romans whom Cato or Tully could have acknowledged for their countryman. ..."

4. A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1400 by John Edwin Wells (1916)
"V. 'Boethius,' and the 'Astrolabe' THE TRANSLATION OF Boethius De ... Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius was born at Rome about AD 480, ..."

5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1885)
"But while condemning the conduct of Theodoric as.to Boe- we may also lament the error of judgment which led the high-minded but visionary Boethius into the ..."

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