The Consolation of Philosophy
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What’s it about?
In a prison cell awaiting execution, a fallen Roman statesman is visited by Philosophy herself, who guides him from despair to a timeless understanding of happiness, evil, and the soul's true freedom.
You’ll learn
- External goods are fleeting; true good is virtue
- Evil is a failure of being, not a real force
- God's eternal vision preserves human free will
- Inner peace comes from understanding, not escape