
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
The Classical Mind
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Is Passivity to the World a Passivity?
Lady philosophy certainly does not want boethias to be any sort of alpha I mean, it's not about asserting his dominance at all Um You know one of his complaints in um in chapter five of book one you know is that that he submitted to divine governance or or wisdom's governance. And look what has happened to him and she tells him that that her concern is not with the walls of his library But with the seat of his mind. It doesn't really matter what happens So long as they have The virtues that wisdom imparts.
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