Episode 102: An Old Man's Book (Augustine's City of God, Part 2 of 2)
Literature and History
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The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy had one foot in the pagan past, and another in the Christian future. It's more of a synthetic than an original work, but has had an enduring appeal ever since Boethius left it behind. Next time we'll learn about what was happening on the Italian peninsula in the generations after the final Roman emperor left town.
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