O thou who governest the world by everlasting reason.
O qui perpetua mundum ratione gubernas.
Philosophers
Boethius
Born c. 480 in Rome, Boethius rose to consul and magister officiorum under Theodoric the Great. The Consolation of Philosophy, written in prison awaiting execution, became one of the most read books of the Middle Ages.
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