Sat, 19 May 2007 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. Comments[3] |
I heard about the horrible death of this man from another source, so in a macabre sort of way that attracted me to this audio piece. This is an excellent series and thanks to the author for doing this. I enjoy reading and listening to philosophy and I will take my information from whatever source that comes my way. Thanks again for these concise and stimulating presentations.
posted by: Carl Baydala on Sun, 7/13 10:49 PM EDT
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posted by: Tim Stephenson on Fri, 1/2 08:49 AM EST
I have just blogged about this at:
http://timstephenson.blogspot.com/
http://timstephenson.blogspot.com/
posted by: Tim Stephenson on Fri, 1/2 09:10 AM EST
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