Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.
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Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius\' work often consists of a s.
Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul\'s knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust.
Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.
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