The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius, by Boethius, trans. H.R. James

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Author

Boethius, 480-525?

Title

The Consolation of Philosophy

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Karina Aleksandrova and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Happiness

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14328

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14328

Release Date

December 11, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY OF BOETHIUS.
2. 2.H.R. JAMES, M.A., CH. CH. OXFORD.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.PROEM.
5. 5.VERSE INTERLUDES.
6. 6.BOOK I. THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS.
7. 7.BOOK I. — SONG I. Boethius' Complaint. — I. — SONG II. His Despondency. — II. — SONG III. The Mists dispelled. — III. — SONG IV. Nothing can subdue Virtue. — IV. — SONG V. Boethius' Prayer. — V. — SONG VI. All Things have their Needful Order. — VI. — SONG VII. The Perturbations of Passion.
8. 8.BOOK II. THE VANITY OF FORTUNE'S GIFTS
9. 9.BOOK II. — I. — SONG I. Fortune's Malice. — II. — SONG II. Man's Covetousness. — III. — SONG III. All passes. — IV. — SONG IV. The Golden Mean. — V. — SONG V. The Former Age. — VI. — SONG VI. Neros' Infamy. — VII. — SONG VII. Glory may not last. — VIII. — SONG VIII. Love is Lord of all.
10. 10.BOOK III. TRUE HAPPINESS AND FALSE.
11. 11.BOOK III. — I. — SONG I. The Thorns of Error. — II. — SONG II. The Bent of Nature. — III. — SONG III. The Insatiableness of Avarice. — IV. — SONG IV. Disgrace of Honours conferred by a Tyrant. — V. — SONG V. Self-mastery. — VI. — SONG VI. True Nobility. — VII. — SONG VII. Pleasure's Sting. — VIII. — SONG VIII. Human Folly. — IX. — SONG IX. [I] Invocation. — X. — SONG X. The True Light. — XI. — SONG XI. Reminiscence. [J] — XII. — SONG XII. Orpheus and Eurydice.
12. 12.BOOK IV. GOOD AND ILL FORTUNE.
13. 13.BOOK IV. — I. — SONG I. The Soul's Flight. — II. — SONG II. The Bondage of Passion. — III. — SONG III. Circe's Cup. — IV. — SONG IV. The Unreasonableness of Hatred. — V. — SONG V. Wonder and Ignorance. — VI. — SONG VI. The Universal Aim. — VII. — SONG VII. The Hero's Path.
14. 14.BOOK V. FREE WILL AND GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE.
15. 15.BOOK V. — I. — SONG I. Chance. — II. — SONG II. The True Sun. — III. — SONG III. Truth's Paradoxes. — IV. — SONG IV. A Psychological Fallacy. [R] — V. — SONG V. The Upward Look. — VI.
16. 16.EPILOGUE.
17. 17.REFERENCES TO QUOTATIONS IN THE TEXT.

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