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Bridging the Gap: Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy

Last Updated on December 8, 2008 / Uncategorized / 1 minute of reading

finished this up tonight. man, i LOVE Boethius and his Consolation of Philosophy (his Tractates ain’t too shaby, either…you can read them online with that link…read them on the Kindle earlier tonight).  forgot how much i love this stuff.  first fell for it while working on my Masters at Yale in a class on pre-Dante Christian philosophy.  what a class. anyway, serious serious love.  i feel so excited that i rediscovered it. yeah, i’m a …

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Last Updated on December 27, 2017 / Uncategorized / 1 minute of reading

so sad from Plutarch… “The messenger you sent to report the death of our little child seems to have missed me on the way as he travelled to Athens; but when I reached Tanagra I learned of it from my granddaughter. Now the funeral, I suppose, has already been held — and my desire is that it has been so held as to cause you the least pain, both now and hereafter; but if you want something done …

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