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The Consolation of Philosophy (Paperback)
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The Consolation of Philosophy (Paperback)
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2011 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
"Consolation of Philosophy" is a philosophical work by Boethius,
written around the year 524. It has been described as the single
most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and
early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western
work that can be called Classical. It was written during a one-year
imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial for the crime of
treason. This experience inspired the text, which reflects on how
evil can exist in a world governed by God, and how happiness can be
attainable amidst fickle fortune, while also considering the nature
of happiness and God. Boethius writes the book as a conversation
between himself and Lady Philosophy. She consoles Boethius by
discussing the transitory nature of fame and wealth, and the
ultimate superiority of things of the mind, which she calls the
"one true good." She contends that happiness comes from within, and
that one's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not
imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
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