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The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

The Classical Mind

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Wisdom

So Boeth he says like a man who has she says has forgotten who he is and instead of viewing this as someone to be repudiated Or you know to use an old phrase from our American political jargon perhaps refugiated So instead of being repudiated She is here actually to see him for what he is. Rather than like a punishment in the traditional sense where punishment is purely retribution Right, and this is like a very ancient idea that we can we can see that some Greek philosophers Would argue for it. In fact they say that in in book one section three she talks about how wisdom fights With her children Why my child should I desert you?

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