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LibriVox recording of The Consolation of Philosphy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, translated by H.R. James, in the public domain.
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Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.
Consolation of Philosophy was written during Boethius' one year imprisonment while awaiting trial, and eventual horrific execution, for the crime of treason by Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. Boethius was at the very heights of power in Rome and was brought down by treachery. It was from this experience he was inspired to write a philosophical book from prison reflecting on how a lord's favor could change so quickly and why friends would turn against him. It has been described as 'by far the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen.'
The Consolation of Philosophy stands, by its note of fatalism and its affinities with the Christian doctrine of humility, midway between the heathen philosophy of Seneca the Younger and the later Christian philosophy of consolation represented by Thomas Aquinas. - The book is heavily influenced by Plato and his dialogues (as was Boethius himself).
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| the_consolation_of_philosophy_librivox_128kb.m3u | 128kbps M3U | Stream |
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| the_consolation_of_philosophy_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 143 MB |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 - Preface and Proem | 6.74 MB | 3.78 MB | 3.37 MB |
| 02 - Book I, Song I: Boethius' Complaint, and section I | 4.55 MB | 2.50 MB | 2.28 MB |
| 03 - Book I, Song II: His Depondency, and section II | 2.65 MB | 1.45 MB | 1.33 MB |
| 04 - Book I, Song III: The Mists Dispelled, and section III | 3.80 MB | 2.20 MB | 1.90 MB |
| 05 - Book I, Song IV: Nothing Can Subdue Virtue, and section IV | 15 MB | 8.10 MB | 7.49 MB |
| 06 - Book I, Song V: Boethius' Prayer, and Section V | 5.89 MB | 3.24 MB | 2.95 MB |
| 07 - Book I, Song VI: All Things Have Their Needful Order, and Section VI | 5.39 MB | 2.98 MB | 2.70 MB |
| 08 - Book I, Song VII: The Perturbations of Passion | 1.28 MB | 721 KB | 655 KB |
| 09 - Book II, Section I, and Song I: Fortune's Malice | 5.78 MB | 3.19 MB | 2.89 MB |
| 10 - Book II, Section II, and Song II: Man's Covetousness | 4.81 MB | 2.76 MB | 2.41 MB |
| 11 - Book II, Section III, and Song III: All Passes | 5.21 MB | 2.93 MB | 2.60 MB |
| 12 - Book II, Section IV, and Song IV: The Golden Mean | 7.71 MB | 4.29 MB | 3.85 MB |
| 13 - Book II: Section V, and Song V: The Former Age | 11 MB | 5.82 MB | 5.30 MB |
| 14 - Book II, Section VI, and Song VI: Nero's Infamy | 6.28 MB | 3.85 MB | 3.14 MB |
| 15 - Book II Section VII, and Song VII: Glory May Not Last | 6.55 MB | 3.64 MB | 3.28 MB |
| 16 - Book II Section VIII, and Song VIII: Love Is Lord of All | 3.36 MB | 1.85 MB | 1.68 MB |
| 17 - Book III, Section I, and Song I: The Thorns of Error | 2.50 MB | 1.43 MB | 1.25 MB |
| 18 - Book III, Section II, and Song II: The Bent of Nature | 8.54 MB | 4.72 MB | 4.27 MB |
| 19 - Book III, Section III, and Song III: The Insatiableness of Avarice | 4.90 MB | 2.60 MB | 2.45 MB |
| 20 - Book III, Section IV, and Song IV: Disgrace of Honours Conferred by a Tyrant | 4.09 MB | 1.93 MB | 2.05 MB |
| 21 - Book III, Section V, and Song V: Self-Mastery | 3.47 MB | 1.98 MB | 1.74 MB |
| 22 - Book III, Section VI, and Song VI: True Nobility | 2.99 MB | 1.71 MB | 1.49 MB |
| 23 - Book III, Song VII: Pleasure's Sting, and section VII | 2.25 MB | 1007 KB | 1.13 MB |
| 24 - Book III, Song VIII: Human Folly, and section VIII | 4.66 MB | 2.04 MB | 2.33 MB |
| 25 - Book III, section IX, Song IX: Invocation | 11 MB | 5.62 MB | 5.55 MB |
| 26 - Book III: Section X, and Song X: The True Light | 13 MB | 6.38 MB | 6.28 MB |
| 27 - Book III, Section XI, and Song XI: Reminiscense | 9.10 MB | 5.14 MB | 4.55 MB |
| 28 - Book III, Section XII, and Song XII: Orpheus and Eurydice | 12 MB | 6.01 MB | 5.78 MB |
| 29 - Book IV, Section I, and Song I: The Soul's Flight | 5.38 MB | 3.03 MB | 2.69 MB |
| 30 - Book IV, Section II, and Song II: The Bondage of Passion | 9.91 MB | 5.63 MB | 4.96 MB |
| 31 - Book IV, Section III, and Song III: Circe's Cup | 7.78 MB | 4.14 MB | 3.89 MB |
| 32 - Book IV, Section IV, and Song IV: The Unreasonableness of Hatred | 13 MB | 7.24 MB | 6.42 MB |
| 33 - Book IV, Section V, and Song V: Wonder and Ignorance | 3.74 MB | 2.13 MB | 1.87 MB |
| 34 - Book IV, Section VI, and Song VI: The Universal Aim | 19 MB | 11 MB | 9.63 MB |
| 35 - Book IV, Section VII, and Song VII: The Hero's Path | 4.90 MB | 2.82 MB | 2.45 MB |
| 36 - Book V, Section I, and Song I: Chance | 6.74 MB | 3.82 MB | 3.37 MB |
| 37 - Book V, Section II, and Song II: The True Sun | 2.95 MB | 1.67 MB | 1.47 MB |
| 38 - Book V, Section III, and Song III: Truth's Paradoxes | 10 MB | 5.22 MB | 5.07 MB |
| 39 - Book V, Section IV, and Song IV: A Psychological Fallacy | 9.92 MB | 4.70 MB | 4.96 MB |
| 40 - Book V: Section V, and Song V: The Upward Look | 5.81 MB | 3.68 MB | 2.91 MB |
| 41 - Book V, Section VI and Epilogue | 14 MB | 8.07 MB | 7.14 MB |
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Reviewer: psyche_65 - - July 19, 2007
Subject: the consolation of philosophy
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