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To: Edwarda who wrote (70592)	1/4/2000 9:10:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes, by the time of the Empire, there is a fin de siecle quality to a lot of these sects......

To: Edwarda who wrote (70592)	1/4/2000 2:09:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

As you also probably know, the most translated book in Western Europe, besides the Bible, is The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius. Written in the 6th century AD, it combines Platonic, Aristotelian, and Stoic themes, with dollops from other sources. It was the biggest single source of the idea that there was a Philosophia Perennialis in the ancient world, and smoothed over the differences among philosophers. It also made philosophy into something more edifying than rigorous. Alfred the Great and Elizabeth the First both translated it......