Boethius - The Consolation of Philosophy
Philosophy: The Classics
English - May 19, 2007 20:05 - 11 minutes - 6.39 MB - ★★★★ - 201 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Education Courses Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What consolation can Philosophy provide to a condemned man? Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while awaiting torture and execution. He imagines Philosophy visiting him personified as a woman. Philosophy explains to him how the Wheel of Fortune turns, but yet happiness remains within human control. Nigel Warburton reads Chapter 3 from this book Philosophy: The Classics which gives a critical summary of Boethius' book.