Consolation of Philosophy-Boethius

[The Comedian]

A long time ago I read A Confederacy of Dunces, of which the titled work features. I'm currently reading this work and am finding it most enjoyable.

Have any other Litneters read this work? Would you like to share your thoughts here?

I'll be posting some here and there as I work my way through Boethius' work.

[paradoxical]

I haven't read it, but when I saw the title of your thread I instantly thought of Ignatius Reilly!

[pagebypage]

I read this years ago. I don't remember a thing. I do believe it is time for a re-read. I'm in.

[Wilde woman]

I just read Boethius for class last week. To be quite honest, I do not really gravitate towards philosophical works, and even less towards philosophy classes. So, while I did not find Boethius' philosophy in the least compelling, I was fascinated by the premise of the work. I enjoyed the idea of Philosophy as a medicine and consolation for those who are sick in the soul, or who have forgotten themselves. I also think there's quite an interesting depiction of Classical figures like the Muses and the goddess Fortune, who are of course downgraded in favor of Boethius' Christian faith.

I read the Green translation (my Latin is not nearly good enough to read Boethius), and discovered that my professor picked it because it was a pretty close rendering of Chaucer's translation of Boethius. So I got a particularly Chaucerian take on Boethius. My only regret is that Green didn't translate the verse sections in verse. Though they still read beautifully, I felt I lost the aesthetic pleasure of reading them as actual poems, distinguished from the prose conversation between Boethius and Philosophy.

[Virgil]

Not directly. I've read of it. It struck me as interesting, and shows that the dark ages actually had some intellectual merit. Hope you write a book review on it. I'm curious to know your thoughts.