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5 days ago · It’s an axiom of connexive logic$\endgroup$. $\begingroup$Boethius’ thesis is weaker than equivalence of ¬ (p → q) and p → ¬q, Boethius only asserted one direction (p → ¬q) → ¬ (p → q) , see Lenzen, Rewriting the History of Connexive Logic.
5 days ago · Why isn't Boethius's Thesis a commonly accepted axiom in Mathematics and Logic? Besides this, should it be a commonly accepted axiom in mathematics and logic? Know someone who can answer? Share a link to this question via email, Twitter, or Facebook.
3 days ago · Truly a master piece. This time through, I was struck by the way the gods interact with the events of Aeneas’ journey. On the one hand, Aeneas and the Trojan remnant are at the mercy of the gods–Juno’s grudge against Aeneas, Venus’ pleading with Jupiter, and Jupiter’s waffling about when how and to intervene. On the other hand, there ...
1 day ago · The Battle of the Books, the culture war of Ancients versus Moderns, is restaged as the battle of Boethius and Hrosvitha versus television and Lana Lee, in whose pornography, which is intended for teenage consumption, the final logic of the cash nexus stands revealed.
3 days ago · Berthold was inspired by the introduction of Boethius’ (480–525) De hebdomadibus, in which the latter praised secrecy and promoted the distinction between “vulgus” and “docti” (pp. 299–304). It is well-known and attested that Boethius was influenced by Neoplatonic thinkers. Aquinas later commented on Boethius’ treatise .
2 days ago · In ‘Wonders Never Cease in the Old English Boethius’ (pp. 34–51), Nicole Discenza explores the treatment of wonder in the Old English Boethius in comparison to its source. She agrees with existing scholarship that wonder is a ‘cognitive emotion’, which ‘combines intellect and emotion’ (p. 35), and further that it is a response ...
2 days ago · There is a very real sense where Plato is right. Music is a powerful, foundational human endeavor that speaks right down to our identity. Music speaks to us in a deeply connective way. As Boethius wrote, “Music is a part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior” (De Institutione Musica).
