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The Consolation of Philosophy

by Boethius (480–524)

66 chapters, about 41,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE. 400 words
2. PROEM. 500 words
3. SUMMARY. 200 words
4. BOETHIUS' COMPLAINT. 300 words
5. I. 600 words
6. HIS DESPONDENCY. 200 words
7. II. 300 words
8. III. 600 words
9. IV. 2,000 words
10. BOETHIUS' PRAYER. 300 words
11. V. 600 words
12. VI. 800 words
13. THE VANITY OF FORTUNE'S GIFTS 200 words
14. I. 800 words
15. II. 700 words
16. III. 700 words
17. IV. 1,300 words
18. V. 1,200 words
19. THE FORMER AGE. 200 words
20. VI. 800 words
21. VII. 900 words
22. GLORY MAY NOT LAST. 200 words
23. VIII. 300 words
24. LOVE IS LORD OF ALL. 200 words
25. SUMMARY 600 words
26. I. 400 words
27. II. 900 words
28. THE BENT OF NATURE. 200 words
29. III. 700 words
30. IV. 600 words
31. V. 500 words
32. VI. 400 words
33. VII. 300 words
34. VIII. 400 words
35. HUMAN FOLLY. 200 words
36. IX. 1,000 words
37. INVOCATION. 300 words
38. X. 1,500 words
39. THE TRUE LIGHT. 100 words
40. XI. 1,400 words
41. XII. 1,200 words
42. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. 400 words
43. SUMMARY. 200 words
44. I. 400 words
45. THE SOUL'S FLIGHT. 200 words
46. II. 1,700 words
47. III. 700 words
48. CIRCE'S CUP. 200 words
49. IV. 1,800 words
50. V. 300 words
51. WONDER AND IGNORANCE. 200 words
52. VI. 1,800 words
53. THE UNIVERSAL AIM. 300 words
54. VII. 600 words
55. THE HERO'S PATH. 200 words
56. SUMMARY. 400 words
57. I. 600 words
58. CHANCE. 200 words
59. II. 100 words
60. III. 1,300 words
61. TRUTH'S PARADOXES. 200 words
62. IV. 1,200 words
63. A PSYCHOLOGICAL FALLACY.[R] 200 words
64. V. 600 words
65. THE UPWARD LOOK. 200 words
66. VI. 1,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Ability
• Eternity

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