The Four Reasons Public Office Wasn't Good

There's fame and then power. Kings ultimately, that power is not as satisfying or makes you happy because you're always looking at your back. The other reason public office and power wasn't good is because it doesn't confer virtue to the person who holds the office. And bodily pleasure does not ultimately bring satisfaction because according to Boethius, and I agree, is that it leads you down into being an animal.