The Theological Tractates. The Consolation of Philosophy The classical and Christian worlds come together in Boethius, the last writer of purely literary Latin from ancient times. His theological works, the Tractates, analyze questions on the Trinity and incarnation in Aristotelian terms. His famed Consolation of Philosophy, conceived as a dialogue between himself and Philosophy, is theistic in tone but draws freely on Greek and especially Neoplatonist sources. Series No. 74 / 458 pages / ISBN 0-674-88083-8