Sunday, September 8, 2024

The Consolation of Philosophy - resource spreadsheet

As in any endeavor, when you start doing something, you don't know what you don't know. Luckily, as I tread the steps of my plan I trip over gems that didn't know existed.  One such gem is The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius.  John Bower shines a light on it in his The Western Literary Canon in Context.

As a way of reading this book in depth, I've prepared a spreadsheet to guide me:

                    The Consolation of Philosophy resources

Anicius Manlius Severinus BoethiusThe Consolation of Philosophy
Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Boethius and Christian Philosophy
- translated by W. V. Cooper (1901)
- translated by H. R. James (1897)
- Christopher Anadale (videos)
- Prof Corey Olsen (
videos)

PARTOVERVIEW/OUTLINE
OVERVIEW"the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen" (a quote without attribution)

SUMMARIES:
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Harvard's Geoffrey Chaucer Website
- Stanford Encyclopedia fo Philosophy
- Literature Study Guide
- - Main Ideas
- Dallas Baptist University
- TeacherOfPhilosophy (YouTube)

CHARACTERS:
- Muses of Poetrty
- Lady Philosophy
- goddess Fotuna (
Wheel of Fortune)
BOOK IThe Sorrows of Boethius
Boethius laments his imprisonment and is visited by Lady Philosophy
PR IBoethius' Complaint
PR IIHis Despondency
PR IIIThe Mists dispelled
PR IVNothing can subdue Virtue
PR VBoethius' Prayer
PR VIAll Things have their Needful Order
PR VIIThe Perturbations of Passion
BOOK IIThe Vanity of Fortune's Gifts
Lady Philosophy uses the Wheel of Fortuneto illustrate the caprice of Fate. She says that the pursuit of wisdom leads to true happiness
PR IFortune's Malice
PR IIMan's Covetousness
PR IIIAll Passes
PR IVThe Golden Mean
PR VThe Former Age
PR VINeros' Infamy
PR VIIGlory may not last
PR VIIILove is Lord of all
BOOK IIITrue Happiness and False
Lady Philosophy ties wisdom to a divine source and warns against the fleeting nature of the tangible (wealth, pleasure, comliness
PR IThe Thorns of Error
PR IIThe Bent of Nature
PR IIIThe Insatiableness of Avarice
PR IVDisgrace of Honours conferred by a Tyrant
PR VSelf-mastery
PR VITrue Nobility
PR VIIPleasure's Sting
PR VIIIHuman Folly
PR IXInvocation
PR XThe True Light
PR XIReminiscence
PR XIIOrpheus and Eurydice
paradox of evil
BOOK IVGood and Ill Fortune
A discussion on the nature of good and evil
PR IThe Soul's Flight
PR IIThe Bondage of Passion
PR IIICirce's Cup
PR IVThe Unreasonableness of Hatred
PR VWonder and Ignorance
PR VIThe Universal Aim
PR VIIThe Hero's Path
BOOK VFree Will and God's Foreknowledge
A discussion about Chance, Providence, and free will.
PR IChance
PR IIThe True Sun
PR IIITruth's Paradoxes
PR IVA Psychological Fallacy
PR VThe Upward Look

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