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- Boethius
- 1962
- “Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.” ― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy.
- “Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.” ― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy.
- “Nunc fluens facit tempus, nunc stans facit aeternitatum. (The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.)” ― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy.
- “Indeed, the condition of human nature is just this; man towers above the rest of creation so long as he realizes his own nature, and when he forgets it, he sinks lower than the beasts.
Boethius. I see how happiness and misery lie inseparably in the deserts of good and bad men. Boethius. Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is hopeless, fear is pointless and desire all a delusion.
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Sep 7, 2024 · The Consolation of Philosophy attempted to place earthly troubles in a divine context. Written in the form of a dialogue between Boethius and Lady Philosophy, it asked its readers to accept that there were higher powers at work behind the vicissitudes of man’s fleeting life.
- Alain De Botton
- 2000
- “Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.” ― Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy.
- “... no one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at the first attempt; and in the interval between initial failure and subsequent success, in the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation.
- “Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say... but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence.”
- “at the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.” ― Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy.
The poem Boethius recites at the very beginning of the Consolation demonstrates his misery, and he blames Fortune for destroying the perfect happiness he used to possess. Luckily, Lady Philosophy shows up to serve as Boethius’s “nurse” and emphasizes that Fortune is not the same as happiness.
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During the year between his arrest and execution in 524, Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, which remains his most popular work. However, Boethius is arguably more important for his role in popularizing and translating Ancient Greek philosophy in Rome and the early Middle Ages.
