Consolation of Philosophy, The by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480 - 525)
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Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.
Consolation of Philosophy was written during Boethius' one year imprisonment while awaiting trial, and eventual horrific execution, for the crime of treason by Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. Boethius was at the very heights of power in Rome and was brought down by treachery. It was from this experience he was inspired to write a philosophical book from prison reflecting on how a lord's favor could change so quickly and why friends would turn against him. It has been described as “by far the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen.”
The Consolation of Philosophy stands, by its note of fatalism and its affinities with the Christian doctrine of humility, midway between the heathen philosophy of Seneca the Younger and the later Christian philosophy of consolation represented by Thomas Aquinas.
The book is heavily influenced by Plato and his dialogues (as was Boethius himself). (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical. Consolation of Philosophy was written during Boethius' one year imprisonment while awaiting trial, and eventual horrific execution, for the crime of treason by Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. Boethius was at the very heights of power in Rome and was brought down by treachery. It was from this experience he was inspired to write a philosophical book from prison reflecting on how a lord's favor could change so quickly and why friends would turn against him. It has been described as “by far the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen.” The Consolation of Philosophy stands, by its note of fatalism and its affinities with the Christian doctrine of humility, midway between the heathen philosophy of Seneca the Younger and the later Christian philosophy of consolation represented by Thomas Aquinas. The book is heavily influenced by Plato and his dialogues (as was Boethius himself). (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Bk 5: Section VI & Epilogue
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Bk 5: Section V, and Song V: The Upward Look
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Bk 5: Section IV, and Song IV: A Psychological Fallacy
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Bk 5: Section III, and Song III: Truth's Paradoxes
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Bk 5: Section II, and Song II: The True Sun
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Bk 5: Section I, and Song I: Chance
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Bk 4: Section VII, and Song VII: The Hero's Path
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Bk 4: Section VI, and Song VI: The Universal Aim
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Bk 4: Section V, and Song V: Wonder and Ignorance
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Bk 4: Section III, and Song III: Circe's Cup
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Bk 4: Section II, and Song II: The Bondage of Passion
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Bk 4: Section I, and Song I: The Soul's Flight
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Bk 3: Section XII, and Song XII: Orpheus and Eurydice
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Bk 3: Section XI, and Song XI: Reminiscence
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Bk 3: Section X, and Song X: The True Light
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Bk 3: Section IX, and Song IX: Invocation
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Bk 3: Section VIII, and Song VIII: Human Folly
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Bk 3: Section VII, and Song VII: Pleasure's Sting
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Bk 3: Section VI, and Song VI: True Nobility
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