The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
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Boethius · 14 chapters
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The se that were the pride and pleasure Of my youth and high estate Still remain the only solace Of the old man's mournful fate.
Cruel Life still halts and lingers, Though I loathe his weary race.
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- PREFACE.Sample
- PROEM.
- VERSE INTERLUDES.
- Book I. THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
- I.
- II.
- SONG III. The Mists dispelled.
- III.
- SONG IV. Nothing can subdue Virtue.
- IV.
- V.
- SONG VI. All Things have their Needful Order.
- VI.
- Book II. THE VANITY OF FORTUNE'S GIFTS
- I.
- SONG I. Fortune's Malice.
- II.
- SONG II. Man's Covetousness.
- III.
- 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.
- Book III. TRUE HAPPINESS AND FALSE
- I.
- SONG I. The Thorns of Error.
- II.
- 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.
- VIII.
- SONG VIII. Human Folly.
- IX.
- SONG IX.[I] Invocation.
- X.
- SONG X. The True Light.
- XI.
- XII.
- SONG XII. Orpheus and Eurydice.
- Book IV. GOOD AND ILL FORTUNE
- 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.
- Book V. FREE WILL AND GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE
- I.
- SONG I. Chance.
- II.
- SONG II. The True Sun.
- III.
- SONG III. Truth's Paradoxes.
- IV.
- V.
- SONG V. The Upward Look.
- VI.
- EPILOGUE.
- REFERENCES TO QUOTATIONS IN THE TEXT.