In the early sixth century, amid the ruins of the Roman Empire, Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while imprisoned and awaiting execution. Boethius found spiritual nourishment from reading, ...

Melvyn Bragg discusses Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and asks whether philosophy should lead us toward consolation or lead us from it. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ...

Boethius, a Roman philosopher facing imminent death, penned The Consolation of Philosophy during his imprisonment amidst Roman decline and Christian zeal. In this seminal work, he dialogues with ...

As you turn to the original texts ... borrowing from the title of Boethius’s prison diary—even consoling. In The Consolation of Philosophy, he summarized what the lady had taught him about ...