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The last paragraph has some grammatical errors that make it pretty nonsensical. Is there anybody who knows anything about Boethius of Dacia who can rewrite it? Audiosqueegee 04:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I wrote it, and I've reread it; I can't see any grammatical errors. Could you be more specific? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He was not a swedish philospher, but a danish! [Kim Boje Thomsen, Copenhagen, Denmark]

Give a reputable citation that supports this claim; every source at which I've looked calls him Swedish. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sten Ebbesen is a Danish philologist. You can see his list of publications here: [1]. As you can see he has published many articles about Boethius de Dacia. He has written a book called "Dansk middelalderfilosofi" (ISBN 8700762946) which translates "Danish Medieveal Philosophy". I don't have the book at hand, but it includes a chapter about Boethius de Dacia (Dacia means Denmark in Latin, by the way). Proof enough? --NuclearWarhead 20:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that Boethius is a rare case of nationalist historiography in Scandinavia, where Swedes and Danes each try to claim him as their own. I seem to recall Nationalencyklopedin listing him as Swedish for example. My suggestion is to rewrite the article to reflect the ambiguity concerning his origins. David ekstrand (talk) 09:59, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 22:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dacia = Denmark?[edit]

Dacia was the Roman province that became Romania. Even the "Dacia" link in the article tells us that it means Romania. If Boethius is Danish or Swedish, why is he called "of Dacia"? Caeruleancentaur (talk) 14:10, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.215.18.51 (talk) 16:56, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Defining his philosophy[edit]

Shouldn't the lede specify his general philosophical focus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk • contribs) 19:52, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

More information on "Highest Good"[edit]

I believe we could add more information on his ideas about the highest good. I found a good article that explains his ideas on this. Boethius and Three Kinds of Good by Steven J. Jenson

https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/44032937?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aef5785168c1f92ccb9ec39b9fc59ec59 HereSoIdontGetFined (talk) 18:21, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]