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The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

The Classical Mind

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Why Lady Philosophy Speaks in Verse?

The muses of poetry are the ones at the beginning of the book who are sort of helping Boethius wallow in his self pity and sadness. She basically says you know get those hysterical sluts away from you And then there will be a poem kind of summarizing what they have discussed So yeah, why why would she do that? When she has told the muses of poets to go away. It's interesting. I think there are a few reasons for this the first is that while Well, I think Boethius as a philosopher understands the danger of poetry I do think that he sees it as redeemable. Poetry when it's done well Can help us see the world

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