The Consolation Of Philosophy
Boethius's philosophical dialogue where Lady Philosophy consoles a disgraced nobleman on the nature of fortune, happiness, and suffering, teaching that true happiness cannot depend on external circumstances but on virtue and reason.
9 Chapters
Table of Contents
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BOOK I To pleasant songs my work was erstwhile given, and bright were all my labours then
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BOOK II THEN for a while she held her peace.
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BOOK III When she finished her lay, its soothing tones left me spellbound with my ears alert
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BOOK IV THUS gently sang the Lady Philosophy with dignified mien and grave countenance
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BOOK V HERE she made an end and was for turning the course of her speaking to
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A Note on the Translation
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APPENDIX
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EDITORIAL NOTE
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE