#Boethius

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3 months ago

In other living creatures ignorance of self is nature; in man it is vice.

- #Boethius

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Benjamin Cornish

5 months ago

The Insatiableness of Avarice. Though the covetous grown wealthy See his piles of gold rise high; Though he gather store of treasure That can never satisfy; Though with pearls his gorget blazes, Rarest that the ocean yields; Though a hundred head of oxen Travail in his ample fields; Ne'er shall carking care forsake him While he draws this vital breath, And his riches go not with him, When his eyes are closed in death. -Boethius, 524 CE

The people asked for a poem written by #Boethius, so I will provide a poem by Boethius. If you want to hear me read this, then check out this week's #TheMathematiciansPodcast for an episode of philosophy, theology and maths.

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Princeton University Press

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5 months ago

How to Cope: An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship by Boethius, edited and translated by Philip Freeman

In How to Cope, Philip Freeman presents a vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy—a moving classic about facing life’s worst events with courage and hope.

Out now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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5 months ago

Now (said she) I know the cause, or the chief cause of your sickness. You have forgotten what you are.

- #Boethius, 'The Consolation of #Philosophy'

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5 months ago

Eternity is the complete and simultaneous possession of endless life in a single whole.

- #Boethius

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5 months ago

“[M]en cannot raise eyes accustomed to darkness to the light of clear truth…. For as long as they fix their attention on their own feelings, rather than on the true nature of things, they think that the license of passion and immunity from punishment bring happiness.” #Boethius

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5 months ago

“[T]he wicked receive some good when they are punished, because the punishment itself is good inasmuch as it is just; conversely, when the wicked avoid punishment, they become more evil.” #Boethius

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5 months ago

“[W]icked men cease to be what they were; but the appearance of their human bodies…shows that they once were men. To give oneself to evil…is to lose one’s human nature…. [V]ice lowers those whom it has seduced from the condition of men beneath human nature.” #Boethius

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5 months ago

“Anyone [who knowingly and willfully deserts the good] loses not only his strength but his very being, since to forsake the common goal of all existence is to forsake existence itself.” #Boethius

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5 months ago

“…That this can happen in the realm of an all-knowing and all-powerful God who desires only good must be a cause of surprise and sorrow to everyone.”
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5 months ago

“…But it is even more amazing that with wickedness in full control, virtue not only goes unrewarded, but is trampled underfoot by the wicked and is punished instead of vice….”
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5 months ago

“Here, though, is the greatest cause of my sadness: since there is a good governor of all things, how can there be evil, and how can it go unpunished. Think how astonishing this is….”
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5 months ago

𝙉𝒖𝙣𝒄 𝒇𝙡𝒖𝙚𝒏𝙨 𝙛𝒂𝙘𝒊𝙩 𝙩𝒆𝙢𝒑𝙪𝒔,
𝙣𝒖𝙣𝒄 𝒔𝙩𝒂𝙣𝒔 𝒇𝙖𝒄𝙞𝒕 𝒂𝙚𝒕𝙚𝒓𝙣𝒊𝙩𝒂𝙩𝒖𝙢.

The now that passes makes time,
the now that remains makes eternity.

- #Boethius, 'The Consolation of #Philosophy'

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6 months ago

“[P]ublic honors usually reveal wickedness rather than correct it, and so we often complain that these honors are given to the worst men…. Their unworthiness would be less obvious without the publicity…. We cannot judge men worthy of respect on account of the honors they have received.” #Boethius

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6 months ago

“While they fight over things of no value, we laugh at them from above, safe from their fury and defended by a strength against which their aggressive folly cannot prevail.”
Lady Philosophy to #Boethius, who had been wrongly jailed for treason (Book 1, Prose 3) 4/4

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7 months ago

𝙉𝒖𝙣𝒄 𝒇𝙡𝒖𝙚𝒏𝙨 𝙛𝒂𝙘𝒊𝙩 𝙩𝒆𝙢𝒑𝙪𝒔,
𝙣𝒖𝙣𝒄 𝒔𝙩𝒂𝙣𝒔 𝒇𝙖𝒄𝙞𝒕 𝒂𝙚𝒕𝙚𝒓𝙣𝒊𝙩𝒂𝙩𝒖𝙢.

The now that passes produces time;
the now that remains produces eternity.

- #Boethius, 'The Consolation of #Philosophy'

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@emilydebenham.bsky.social

7 months ago

The grandeur of heaven eludes the corrupted soul, and only those who can see with their eyes and their minds can observe this light, brighter than any sun.

- #Boethius

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8 months ago

#latinquotes #classicsbluesky #medievallatin #learnLatin #boethius #ancientwisdom

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Dana Delibovi

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9 months ago

Delibovi on Glassgold on Boethius: A Blogpost - Dana Delibovi reflects on Peter Glassgold's "Englishings" of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy in the tradition of English translations/manuscripts.

The old manuscripts of Boethius flow as undercurrents in Peter Glassgold's re-release of poems from The Consolation of Philosophy. Thanks to RGME @rgmemss.bsky.social for publishing my essay and @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social for Glassgold's book. #boethius #philosophy #translation #poetry 💙📚

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9 months ago

The most sacred thing of all is friends.

- #Boethius

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@bleaktheology.bsky.social

10 months ago

The now that passes produces time.
The now that remains produces eternity.

- #Boethius

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Burke Gerstenschlager

11 months ago

24 Hour Party People (2002) - Boethius' Wheel Philosophical Homeless Man YouTube video by Stu

#TonyWilson #FactoryRecords #Boethius #ConsolationsofPhilosophy #ChristopherEccleston #SteveCoogan

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