As Boethius states in Book 2 of the Consolation, looking back to his halcyon days of power, wealth and influence, “For in all adversity of fortune, the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.” ...
Melvyn Bragg discusses Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy ... but his ideas lived on because he wrote them into a book. He called it The Consolation of Philosophy. The Consolation of Philosophy ...