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The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius

LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by H. R. James

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Chapters

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01 - Preface and Proem (7:21)
02 - Book I, Song I: Boethius' Complaint, and section I (4:58)
03 - Book I, Song II: His Depondency, and section II (2:53)
04 - Book I, Song III: The Mists Dispelled, and section III (4:08)
05 - Book I, Song IV: Nothing Can Subdue Virtue, and section IV (16:21)
06 - Book I, Song V: Boethius' Prayer, and Section V (6:26)
07 - Book I, Song VI: All Things Have Their Needful Order, and Section VI (5:53)
08 - Book I, Song VII: The Perturbations of Passion (1:23)
09 - Book II, Section I, and Song I: Fortune's Malice (6:18)
10 - Book II, Section II, and Song II: Man's Covetousness (5:15)
11 - Book II, Section III, and Song III: All Passes (5:41)
12 - Book II, Section IV, and Song IV: The Golden Mean (8:25)
13 - Book II: Section V, and Song V: The Former Age (11:34)
14 - Book II, Section VI, and Song VI: Nero's Infamy (6:51)
15 - Book II Section VII, and Song VII: Glory May Not Last (7:09)
16 - Book II Section VIII, and Song VIII: Love Is Lord of All (3:40)
17 - Book III, Section I, and Song I: The Thorns of Error (2:43)
18 - Book III, Section II, and Song II: The Bent of Nature (9:19)
19 - Book III, Section III, and Song III: The Insatiableness of Avarice (5:21)
20 - Book III, Section IV, and Song IV: Disgrace of Honours Conferred by a Tyrant (4:28)
21 - Book III, Section V, and Song V: Self-Mastery (3:47)
22 - Book III, Section VI, and Song VI: True Nobility (3:15)
23 - Book III, Song VII: Pleasure's Sting, and section VII (2:27)
24 - Book III, Song VIII: Human Folly, and section VIII (5:05)
25 - Book III, section IX, Song IX: Invocation (12:07)
26 - Book III: Section X, and Song X: The True Light (13:43)
27 - Book III, Section XI, and Song XI: Reminiscense (9:56)
28 - Book III, Section XII, and Song XII: Orpheus and Eurydice (12:37)
29 - Book IV, Section I, and Song I: The Soul's Flight (5:52)
30 - Book IV, Section II, and Song II: The Bondage of Passion (10:49)
31 - Book IV, Section III, and Song III: Circe's Cup (8:29)
32 - Book IV, Section IV, and Song IV: The Unreasonableness of Hatred (14:01)
33 - Book IV, Section V, and Song V: Wonder and Ignorance (4:05)
34 - Book IV, Section VI, and Song VI: The Universal Aim (21:02)
35 - Book IV, Section VII, and Song VII: The Hero's Path (5:21)
36 - Book V, Section I, and Song I: Chance (7:21)
37 - Book V, Section II, and Song II: The True Sun (3:12)
38 - Book V, Section III, and Song III: Truth's Paradoxes (11:04)
39 - Book V, Section IV, and Song IV: A Psychological Fallacy (10:50)
40 - Book V: Section V, and Song V: The Upward Look (6:20)
41 - Book V, Section VI and Epilogue (15:35)

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