Dr Louis Markos of Houston Christian University is our guide to Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy. At the height of his career, Boethius was one of the most important figures in Roman politics. He fell out of favour with King Theoderic and was condemned to a prison cell. The book, written during those dark days, is a record of the consolation he could find in philosophy. The 6th century work has had a profound effect on subsequent Christian thought; C.S. Lewis believed that to acquire a taste for it 'is almost to become naturalised in the Middle Ages'.

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