Book · 524 · Nonfiction

The Consolation of Philosophy

Name: The Consolation of Philosophy
Author: Boethius

Penguin (Penguin Random House) · 154 pages

★ 7.4 editorial score

Awaiting execution, Boethius is visited by a woman called Philosophy, who explains why fortune's wheel turns and how God's foreknowledge still leaves you free. Medieval Europe read nothing more closely.

Genre

Philosophy

Medium

Dialogue

Subject

Problem of evil Virtue Free will Human nature

Time

524Depicts Middle Ages

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