![]() She reminds Boethius that although he is not with his family they are still alive. Fortune she asserts, cannot bring true happiness because the things fortune brings are transient: wealth, power,and honor. She then turns her attention to human happiness. She reminds him that the world was not created by chance but by a divine creator. Lady Philosophy diagnoses his illness: he has forgotten who he truly is and exactly what is his nature and purpose. He is bemoaning his fate and the false charges that have put him in prison. A respected scholar and politician, he has lost everthing: his wealth, his position, his friends and even all contact with his family. ![]() Philosophy initially finds Boethius despondent because of his changed circumstances. In his Consolation, Boethius creates a dialogue between his imprisoned self and Lady Philosophy to examine the true nature of happiness. A philosopher, statesman, and theologian, Boethius was imprisoned by Germanic King Theoderick on trumped up charges. ![]() Boethius may have written his book, The Consolation of Philosophy, from prison in the year 524 AD, but the issues he addresses are every bit as relevant to modern life as they were to life in the 6th century. ![]()
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