![]() ![]() Even though he is imprisoned and due for execution, he has still the faculties of his mind and soul to comfort him. She begins by explaining that the vagaries of Fortune visit everyone, and he is by no means the worst of her victims. While Boethius protests that he is the victim of injustice, Lady Philosophy begins his "cure" by showing him the error of his ways. She explains that she has come to him in his hour of need, for he suffers from the sickness of being far too attached to material and earthly things. They are interrupted by the entrance of a strange and otherwordly-looking lady, Lady Philosophy. The work opens with a scene between Boethius and the (imaginary) Muses of Poetry, who are attending him in his sorrow while he writes poetry of his woe. The dialogue is between Ancius Boethius, a prominent and learned official of the Roman Empire, and the person of Philosophy. ![]() It contains five Books, which are written in a combination of prose and verse. a dialogue with a mythical, imaginary, or allegorical figure). ![]() The Consolation of Philosophy is a short work of literature, written in the form of a prosimetrical apocalyptic dialogue (i.e. ![]()
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