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De (institutione) arithmetica
- Latin
- prose
- Non-Celtic texts
Tract on arithmetic, including the study of the significance and categorisation of numbers, written by the Roman philosopher Boethius. In the early Middle Ages, it became one of the principal textbooks on the subject.
Author
BoethiusBoethius
(d. 524)
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Roman senator, statesman, philosopher and historian. His best known work may be De consolatione philosophiae, which he wrote in prison after running into conflict at the Ostrogothic court. Others include De topicis differentiis, De institutione arithmetica, De institutione musica and five theological treatises known collectively as the Opuscula sacra.
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(d. 524)
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Roman senator, statesman, philosopher and historian. His best known work may be De consolatione philosophiae, which he wrote in prison after running into conflict at the Ostrogothic court. Others include De topicis differentiis, De institutione arithmetica, De institutione musica and five theological treatises known collectively as the Opuscula sacra.
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Language
- Latin
Date
500 x 507 AD.
Form
prose (primary)
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August 2015, last updated: November 2022
