Throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages, literature was read with the ear as much as with the eye: silent reading was the exception; audible reading, the norm.

Boethius (c.480–c.525/6), though a Christian, worked in the tradition of the Neoplatonic schools, with their strong interest in Aristotelian logic and Platoni

Reproduction of the original: The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Boethius: The Theological Tractates - The Consolation of Philosophy. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius; 477-524 AD, was a Roman sena