Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

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association with Symmachus
- In Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
patristic literature
- In patristic literature: The post-Nicene Latin Fathers

contribution to

mathematics

In mathematics: European mathematics during the Middle Ages and Renaissance

quadrature of the lune
- In Quadrature of the Lune

acoustics
- In acoustics: Early experimentation
education
- In education: Education in the later Roman Empire
- In education: From the 5th to the 8th century
logic
- In history of logic: Transmission of Greek logic to the Latin West
medieval philosophy
- In medieval philosophy: Boethius

influence on

Chaucer
- In Geoffrey Chaucer: The middle years: political and personal anxieties
Christian music
- In music: Music in Christianity
tragedy
- In tragedy: Classical theories

role in

Aristotelianism
- In Aristotelianism: The early Latin tradition
medieval philosophy
- In Western philosophy: Boethius
Platonism
- In Platonism: Patristic Platonism
Scholasticism
- In Scholasticism: Roots of Scholasticism
Stoicism
- In Stoicism: Stoic undercurrents in medieval thought

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 17, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2024
	Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius.	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 30, 2017
	Images of Boethius added.	J.E. Luebering	Jan 10, 2012
	Media added.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Feb 26, 2009
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 23, 2008
	Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius.	Gaurav Shukla	Nov 21, 2006
	Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 26, 2006
	Added new Web site: The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library - Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 15, 2006
	Added new Web site: The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library - The Consolation of Philosophy - Boethius.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 15, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998