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Boethius was one of the most studied philosophers in the Middle Ages. His definition of quadrivium, his translations of Aristotle’s Logic, and above all his The Consolation of Philosophy define medieval culture long before the Arabic transmission of ancient texts. In the Renaissance, the popularity of Boethius did not diminish, but there was a shift in the type of scholarship applied to his works: on the one hand, sixteenth-century translations of Aristotle’s logical works competed with those by Boethius; on the other hand, the Consolatio was progressively placed within the larger context of transmission of ancient philosophy that emphasized its pagan content.
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Brancato, D. (2018). Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_576-1
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