Boethian

Examples

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• A scholar presented a fascinating lecture on Boethian philosophy and its influence on medieval thought.

• The Boethian perspective on happiness contrasts with modern views by emphasizing virtue over pleasure.

• According to the Boethian argument, the narrator has strayed from the way of true happiness because he has failed to see the relevance of the Boethian definition: Filostrato, in the company of all those who err, judges happiness solely in terms of pleasure or delight.

  Fiction book (1991)

• According to the Boethian argument, the narrator has strayed from the way of true happiness because he has failed to see the relevance of the Boethian definition: Filostrato, in the company of all those who err, judges happiness solely in terms of pleasure or delight.

  Fiction book (1991)

• First, to explore the faulty logic that misunderstands Boethian logic, the question to which the narrator erringly responded—whether it is better to think of, to see, or to speak of one's absent lady—can have no right answer.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

P

philosopher

vsBoethian

152 6.1

A person who studies ideas about life, knowledge, and values

focuses narrowly on one thinker's writings rather than broad philosophy

C

classical scholar

vsBoethian

1 9.4

A person who studies ancient Greek and Latin language, writings, and culture

focuses on one thinker's philosophical writings rather than languages or literature

S

schoolman

vsBoethian

• Archaic

1 9.9

A person in the Middle Ages who studied and taught philosophy at universities

focuses on a single thinker's works rather than a broad scholastic tradition

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Etymology