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Marenbon, John
Lecturer in the History of Philosophy, Trinity College, Cambridge
Print publication date: 2003 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-513407-0 |
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doi:10.1093/0195134079.003.0002
Abstract: Examines Boethius's life in Italy at the time of Theoderic the Ostrogoth. It presents his background and intellectual milieu, along with the four main traditions on which he draws: Greek Neoplatonism, Latin philosophical writing, Greek Christian literature and the Latin church fathers. In addition, the chapter briefly discusses Boethius’ treatises on Music and Arithmetic.
Keywords: arithmetic, church fathers, Italy, music, Neoplatonism, Theoderic the Ostrogoth, 
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Life, Intellectual Milieu, and Works
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