The Consolation of Philosophy - resource spreadsheet

Sketch of Boethius based on Fl Boetio (Flavio Boezio) - by Studiolo di Federico da Montefeltro

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 I 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 Boethius	The 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)

PART	OVERVIEW/OUTLINE
OVERVIEW	"the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen" (a quote without attribution) SUMMARIES: - 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 I	The Sorrows of Boethius Boethius laments his imprisonment and is visited by Lady Philosophy
PR I	Boethius' Complaint
PR II	His Despondency
PR III	The Mists dispelled
PR IV	Nothing can subdue Virtue
PR V	Boethius' Prayer
PR VI	All Things have their Needful Order
PR VII	The Perturbations of Passion
BOOK II	The 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 I	Fortune's Malice
PR II	Man's Covetousness
PR III	All Passes
PR IV	The Golden Mean
PR V	The Former Age
PR VI	Neros' Infamy
PR VII	Glory may not last
PR VIII	Love is Lord of all
BOOK III	True Happiness and False Lady Philosophy ties wisdom to a divine source and warns against the fleeting nature of the tangible (wealth, pleasure, comliness
PR I	The Thorns of Error
PR II	The Bent of Nature
PR III	The Insatiableness of Avarice
PR IV	Disgrace of Honours conferred by a Tyrant
PR V	Self-mastery
PR VI	True Nobility
PR VII	Pleasure's Sting
PR VIII	Human Folly
PR IX	Invocation
PR X	The True Light
PR XI	Reminiscence
PR XII	Orpheus and Eurydice paradox of evil
BOOK IV	Good and Ill Fortune A discussion on the nature of good and evil
PR I	The Soul's Flight
PR II	The Bondage of Passion
PR III	Circe's Cup
PR IV	The Unreasonableness of Hatred
PR V	Wonder and Ignorance
PR VI	The Universal Aim
PR VII	The Hero's Path
BOOK V	Free Will and God's Foreknowledge A discussion about Chance, Providence, and free will.
PR I	Chance
PR II	The True Sun
PR III	Truth's Paradoxes
PR IV	A Psychological Fallacy
PR V	The Upward Look