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Cassiodorus, Senator, c 0487-c 0580 ( Roman statesman and scholar)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: c 0487 - c 0580

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

De Anima by Cassiodorus

 part
Identifier: MS 100/ff. 98r-116r
Contents This part of the manuscript contains De Anima by Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (c. 485 – c. 585), commonly known as Cassiodorus. He was a Roman public official and writer of philosophical and theological texts. De Anima is a philosophical/theological treatise that approaches the problem of the characteristics and functions of the human soul, its relation to the body, and its connection to the divine...
Dates: 12th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including four texts