He Wrote Philosophy While Waiting to Be Killed
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He Wrote Philosophy While Waiting to Be Killed
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He Wrote Philosophy While Waiting to Be Killed
In this episode, we follow the life and choices of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius from his peak as a Roman senator to his arrest and imprisonment. The episode covers his political roles, intellectual ambitions, and the book he wrote while awaiting execution, asking what motivated him to speak up and write under such circumstances.
Person: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Date: 522 (consular nomination surrendered); ~480 (birth); ~44 (age at death)
Location: Italy (Gothic kingdom under Theodoric the Great)
Topic: Book written between arrest and execution; translations and commentaries on Aristotle and Plato
- Born into the senatorial Anicii family, orphaned young, raised by Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus and later married his daughter Rusticiana.
- Ambitious scholarly project to translate all of Aristotle and Plato into Latin and harmonize their philosophies; completed key logical works of Aristotle.
- Held high public office by his mid-twenties, served as sole consul in 510, and undertook precise diplomatic and administrative tasks for Theodoric.
- In 522 he surrendered his consular nomination to have his sons appointed, then declined from the summit of Roman honor to imprisonment within fourteen months.
- Wrote a philosophical treatise in prison that contains no plea for mercy but wrestles with fortune and the meaning of suffering while he awaited his fate.
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