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The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius, c. 524
Written in prison awaiting execution. Philosophy herself comes to talk him through it.
Talk about it
- Boethius wrote this facing death. How does knowing that change how you judge his arguments?
- Philosophy talks to him as a person. Why tell it as a conversation instead of an essay?
- Does his idea of what's truly ours hold up when you've really lost something?
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