Boethius

基本解释

The Consolation takes the form of a dialogue, between Boethius and Philosophy.
《哲学的慰藉》采用了一种对话的形式，即波伊提乌和哲学之间的对话。
Boethius’ thoughts and reflections are written in prose, whilst the wisdom of his interlocutor, Philosophy, appears in verse.
波伊提乌的思维和见解用散文的形式来表述，而他的对话者哲学的智慧则出现在诗节当中。
Boethius, primarily motivated by Plato in his philosophical views, finds that, ‘The substance of God consisteth in nothing else but goodness’.
波伊提乌的哲学观点主要是受柏拉图的启发，他发现“上帝的实质仅存在于美德当中”。

However, when a succession of his poems turn out to be adaptations or loose translations of Petronius, Sappho, Pliny the Elder and Boethius, you may find yourself hankering after an original voice—even one as extravagant as Whitman's.
ECONOMIST: Audacity and elegy