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Consolation Of Philosophy

This thin work depicts Socratic dialogues[?] between an imprisoned Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (imprisoned because he was a Christian) and the woman Philosophy to help him come to terms with his suffering. It tackles significant Christian questions about the foreknowledge of God as potential determinism as well as the purpose or place of suffering.

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