The Consolation of Philosophy
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The Consolation of Philosophy
| Full title | The Consolation of Philosophy (De Consolatione Philosophiae) |
|---|---|
| Author | Ancius Boethius |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Written in Latin around 524 AD by the Roman consul Boethius while he awaited execution: Lady Philosophy visits the condemned author and argues him out of self-pity — fortune is fickle by definition, true happiness and God are the same, and foreknowledge does not abolish free will. The last major work of classical philosophy, and one of the most widely read books of the Middle Ages. |
The Consolation of Philosophy
Where I heard about it
- University of Austin — assigned in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, as the tradition’s closing argument, on its Fall 2025 reading list, November 2025. Full curriculum: UATX Fall Reading List.
Connections
- UATX Fall Reading List — the curriculum this is assigned in.
- Stoicism — the argument that what fortune gives was never yours to lose.
- Christianity — Boethius was Christian; the book’s consolation is notably not.
- Classics — conventionally the last work of the classical tradition.
What links here
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