Quotes:Boethius

Zirkoff, Boris

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (480-524). Philosopher and statesman, described as last of the Romans and first of the scholastics, a man of profound learning. Greatly influenced by NeoPlatonism and Stoicism, he also introduced Aristotle to the West, translating into Latin several of his works. Raised by Senator Q. Aur. Memmius Symmachus, he was made Consul by Theodoric, 498 510. He was later accused of treason in attempting to restore Rome to liberty and the Senate to integrity. Notwithstanding his innocence, he was imprisoned at Ticinum (Pavia). It is there that he wrote his famous De Consolatione PhUosophiae (996), highly valued in medieval times. He was condemned to death in 524. In addition to the work above mentioned (best ed. being that of R. Peiper, Leipzig, 1871, which also includes his five theological tractates), Boethius wrote Commentaries on Aristotle and Porphyry.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, pp. 497-498