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Table of contents
Table of Contents
Titlepage
Imprint
Epigraph
Preface
Proem
The Consolation of Philosophy
Book
I
: The Sorrows of Boethius
Song
I
: Boethius’ Complaint
I
Song
II
: His Despondency
II
Song
III
: The Mists Dispelled
III
Song
IV
: Nothing Can Subdue Virtue
IV
Song
V
: Boethius’ Prayer
V
Song
VI
: All Things Have Their Needful Order
VI
Song
VII
: The Perturbations of Passion
Book
II
: The Vanity of Fortune’s Gifts
I
Song
I
: Fortune’s Malice
II
Song
II
: Man’s Covetousness
III
Song
III
: All Passes
IV
Song
IV
: The Golden Mean
V
Song
V
: The Former Age
VI
Song
VI
: Nero’s Infamy
VII
Song
VII
: Glory May Not Last
VIII
Song
VIII
: Love Is Lord of All
Book
III
: True Happiness and False
I
Song
I
: The Thorns of Error
II
Song
II
: The Bent of Nature
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
Song
VII
: Pleasure’s Sting
VIII
Song
VIII
: Human Folly
IX
Song
IX
: Invocation
X
Song
X
: The True Light
XI
Song
XI
: Reminiscence
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
Song
IV
: A Psychological Fallacy
V
Song
V
: The Upward Look
VI
Epilogue
Endnotes
Colophon
Uncopyright
Landmarks
The Consolation of Philosophy
Endnotes