The consolations of philosophy is a book as accessibly erudite as it is useful and entertaining. Anicius manlius severinus boethius, commonly called boethius, was a roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century. And nietzsche has shrewd counsel for everything from loneliness to illness. I want to give everyone this book and assure them, as the featured philosophers have, that youre going to be alright. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history socrates, epicurus. The title of the book is a reference to boethiuss magnum opus consolation of philosophy, in which philosophy appears as an allegorical figure to boethius to console him in the year he was imprisoned, leading up to his impending.
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