Topical aspects from the equivalence between God, good and happiness in Boethius
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Boethius. Consolation of Philosophy. Happiness.Abstract
The Consolation of Philosophy is written with an abundance of references to authorities and of interpretations about philosophical ideas by these authors. Boethius’s last work shows us his own idea of philosophy itself as well as his reading on specific theories, such as topical inferences. Our goal here is to show some of the arguments developed through Consolation’s Books III and IV, from which we argue that Boethius presents an equivalence of true good, true happiness and God. It is from these Books that we argue about Boethius’s use of topical arguments in this work.
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