The Consolation of Philosophy
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THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY OF BOETHIUS.
Translated into English Prose and Verse
by
H.R. JAMES, M.A., CH. CH. OXFORD.
PREFACE.
PROEM.
INDEX
OF
VERSE INTERLUDES.
BOOK I. THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS.
BOOK I.
SONG I. Boethius' Complaint.
I.
SONG II. His Despondency.
II.
SONG III. The Mists dispelled.
III.
SONG IV. Nothing can subdue Virtue.
IV.
SONG V. Boethius' Prayer.
V.
SONG VI. All Things have their Needful Order.
VI.
SONG VII. The Perturbations of Passion.
BOOK II. THE VANITY OF FORTUNE'S GIFTS
BOOK II.
I.
SONG I. Fortune's Malice.
II.
SONG II. Man's Covetousness.
III.
SONG III. All passes.
IV.
SONG IV. The Golden Mean.
V.
SONG V. The Former Age.
VI.
SONG VI. Neros' Infamy.
VII.
SONG VII. Glory may not last.
VIII.
SONG VIII. Love is Lord of all.
BOOK III. TRUE HAPPINESS AND FALSE.
BOOK III.
I.
SONG I. The Thorns of Error.
II.
SONG II. The Bent of Nature.
III.
SONG III. The Insatiableness of Avarice.
IV.
SONG IV. Disgrace of Honours conferred by a Tyrant.
V.
SONG V. Self-mastery.
VI.
SONG VI. True Nobility.
VII.
SONG VII. Pleasure's Sting.
VIII.
SONG VIII. Human Folly.
IX.
SONG IX.[I] Invocation.
X.
SONG X. The True Light.
XI.
SONG XI. Reminiscence.[J]
XII.
SONG XII. Orpheus and Eurydice.
BOOK IV. GOOD AND ILL FORTUNE.
BOOK IV.
I.
SONG I. The Soul's Flight.
II.
SONG II. The Bondage of Passion.
III.
SONG III. Circe's Cup.
IV.
SONG IV. The Unreasonableness of Hatred.
V.
SONG V. Wonder and Ignorance.
VI.
SONG VI. The Universal Aim.
VII.
SONG VII. The Hero's Path.
BOOK V. FREE WILL AND GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE.
BOOK V.
I.
SONG I. Chance.
II.
SONG II. The True Sun.
III.
SONG III. Truth's Paradoxes.
IV.
SONG IV. A Psychological Fallacy.[R]
V.
SONG V. The Upward Look.
VI.
EPILOGUE.
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