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    <body><![CDATA[From this I read Boethius' <em>The Consolation of Philosophy</em>, a classic text of early medieval philosophy. Boethius represents the Platonist influence within some medieval Christian philosophy, but apparently some Aristotelianism, as well; he talks about forms, but I'm not sure if they were universals (...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20728436">more...</a>]]></body>
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