The Conversation: The Consolations of Philosophy: An Open Letter To Jamie Briggs
Independent.ie: Review: The Consolations of Philosophy: Reflections in an Economic Downturn by Paul O'Grady (Ed)
Review: The Consolations of Philosophy: Reflections in an Economic Downturn by Paul O'Grady (Ed)
The philosopher Carlos Fraenkel has a beautiful piece in the Jewish Review of Books about his experience teaching an “underground seminar” on philosophy to Hasidic Jews. Although most were active ...
John J. Miller is joined by Arthur Herman of the Hudson Institute to discuss Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy. Continue reading this article with an NRPLUS subscription. Join today: 50% Off ...
America Magazine: Joan Didion’s legacy: A chronicler of modern life’s horrors and consolations
Once a bedrock Christian classic, Boethius’s “Consolation of Philosophy” has been neglected for decades. It’s time for a revival. Some 27 letters into his correspondence, Screwtape stages an ...
Facing death, he contemplated life and the dilemmas it presents to a self-aware human being. The result, The Consolation of Philosophy, was completed in 524 c.e., and a fine translation by David ...
The Hindu: Who’s afraid of Lady Fortuna? Boethius’ ‘The Consolation of Philosophy’
For many centuries in the Middle Ages, the most influential work of philosophy was not a work by Aristotle or Plato but by someone who came almost a millennium after them. We are talking of Boethius ...
'WHY should an economic downturn lead to an interest in philosophy rather than any other subject?" asks Trinity College's Joseph McLoughlin in a chapter of this book entitled "The Consolation of Craft ...