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The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

The Classical Mind

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The Consolation Philosophy by Boethius

This is a work of I would say Christian neoplatonism Where it is beautifully written and it is engaging in a prolonged argument for why one ought to study? Philosophy and the value that philosophy will have for you. And so really all of these almost like Existentially relevant or kind of very humanistic elements In philosophy That often would come up in Greek philosophy, but maybe get downplayed in later eras. They're all found in this text and It's really short. So like if you think that maybe it's worth reading It's like a hundred and fifty pages or something in the addition that I'm reading. At most you will only waste a few hours So but I don't

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