THE ORDEAL OF A SIXTH-CENTURY JOSEF K: BOETHIUS’ DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIAE AS A MODERNIST DRAMA
Piet Gerbrandy
In recent scholarship, several views have been propounded on the argumentative inconsistencies in Boethius’ De consolatione Philosophiae&amp;nbsp;and inconclusiveness of its ending. this article, it is argued that modern scholars still, perhaps unconsciously, adhere to aristotelian concepts unity, coherence, and closure, which may not be helpful assessing what Boethius really trying say. When analysed from a perspective usually associated with modernist literature, becomes clear swan song neither deconstruction “pagan” philosophy nor an implicit plea for Christian spirituality but existential drama religion do provide any consolation.
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