Boethius as a Paradigm of Late Ancient Thought

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Boethius is largely underrated in the history of Western thought. Scholarship often regarded him and his era – Late Antiquity – as mere intermediaries between Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This volume shows that Boethius and his time can be appreciated in their own right. Vorwort John Magee / Boethius’s 'Consolatio' and Plato’s 'Gorgias' Monika Asztalos / 'Nomen' and 'Vocabulum' in Boethius’s Theory of Predication Margherita Belli / Boethius, disciple of Aristotle and master of theological method. The term 'indemonstrabilis' Claudio Moreschini / Subsistentia according to Boethius Thomas Jürgasch / 'Si divinae iudicium mentis habere possemus'. Zu den formalen Argumentationszielen des Boethius in den Theologischen Traktaten und in der 'Consolatio Philosophiae' Jorge Uscatescu Barrón / Boethius’ Glückseligkeitsbegriff zwischen spätantikem Neuplatonismus und Christentum vor dem Hintergrund einer an Gott orientierten Ethik Andreas Kirchner / Die 'Consolatio Philosophiae' und das philosophische Denken der Gegenwart. Was uns die Philosophia heute noch lehren kann Fabio Troncarelli / Boethius from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages John Marenbon / Boethius’s Unparadigmatic Originality and its Implications for Medieval Philosophy Elisabeth Schneider / 'Naturae rationalis individua substantia'. Eine theologische oder juristische Definition der Person?