THE THEOLOGICAL
TRACTATES AND THE
CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY

BOETHIUS

AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY H. F. STEWART, D.D. FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AND E. K. RAND, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF “I. T.” (1609) REVISED BY H. F. STEWART

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD

CONTENTS

Title Page: THE THEOLOGICAL TRACTATES AND THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY

THE THEOLOGICAL TRACTATES AND THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY

NOTE ON THE TEXT

INTRODUCTION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOETHIUS THE THEOLOGICAL TRACTATES AND THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY

THE TRINITY IS ONE GOD NOT THREE GODS A TREATISE BY ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS BOETHIUS MOST HONOURABLE, OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF EX-CONSULS, PATRICIAN TO HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, QUINTUS AURELIUS MEMMIUS SYMMACHUS MOST HONOURABLE, OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF EX-CONSULS, PATRICIAN

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ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS BOETHIUS MOST HONOURABLE, OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF EX-CONSULS, PATRICIAN TO JOHN THE DEACON WHETHER FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY PREDICATED OF THE DIVINITY

FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME HOW SUBSTANCES CAN BE GOOD IN VIRTUE OF THEIR EXISTENCE WITHOUT BEING ABSOLUTE GOODS

ON THE CATHOLIC FAITH

A TREATISE AGAINST EUTYCHES AND NESTORIUS BY ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS BOETHIUS MOST HONOURABLE, OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF EX-CONSULS, PATRICIAN TO HIS SAINTLY MASTER AND REVEREND FATHER JOHN THE DEACON HIS SON BOETHIUS

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THE FIRST BOOK OF BOETHIUS CONTAINING HIS COMPLAINT AND MISERIES

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THE SECOND BOOK OF BOETHIUS

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THE THIRD BOOK OF BOETHIUS

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THE FOURTH BOOK OF BOETHIUS

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THE FIFTH BOOK OF BOETHIUS

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EPIGRAM BY SYMMACHUS