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Boethius.
c. 520AD
The Theological Tractates (PART 3)
Opuscula sacra
III. Quomodo substantiae in eo quod sint bonae sint cum non sint substantialia bona
(De hebdomadibus)

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was born in Rome into the Praenestine family of the Anicii, about 480 A.D. His father was an ex-consul; he himself was consul under Theodoric the Ostrogoth in 510.

He fell under the displeasure of Theodoric, and was charged with conspiring to deliver Rome from his rule, and with corresponding treasonably to this end with Justin, Emperor of the East. He was thrown into prison at Pavia, where he wrote the Consolation of Philosophy, and he was tortured and executed in 524.