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Boethius Consolation de la Philosophie (1650)
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The work in question is a 1650 French translation of Boethius' 'Consolation of Philosophy' by René de Ceriziers. While Boethius' original Latin text has been translated into English countless times throughout history, there is no evidence of an English translation of Ceriziers' specific French version. The search results confirm the existence of the French edition but yield no English translations of this particular rendering. Therefore, this is a first translation from the source (French), even though the underlying work is well-known in English from other source languages (Latin).
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From the shadows of a prison cell comes one of history’s most profound guides to finding inner peace amidst outer chaos. In this 1650 French edition, Boethius’s masterpiece challenges us to redefine happiness, master the whims of Fortune, and discover a freedom that no tyrant can touch.
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