Boethius, rendered into modern English by Thomas Powers (Free Download)

*Philosophy Instructing Boethius on the Role of God*. Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?), c. 1460-1470. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment. Getty Center, Los Angeles

A classic text made anew

The following free PDF is a new rendering by Thomas Powers of Consolation of Philosophy (c. 524 A.D.), the classic and influential work by the Roman senator Boethius (c. 477-524 A.D.). Powers’s presentation is based on the original Latin as well as on the fourteenth-century translation by Geoffrey Chaucer and two other English translations.
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the Fall 2019 issue

“She is the holy Oneness; that’s why she is a mystery,” says the African healer and guide Baba Mandaza Augustine Kademwa, in conversation with the Buddhist teacher Thanissara in this Winter 2019-2020 issue of Parabola. He speaks of Mother Earth, whom he says accepts to be called by many names, including Goddess. But this issue on Goddess reveals that she is always to some degree unknown. “The brain isn’t the highest human function,” points out physician and author Rachel Naomi Remen in conversation here with Parabola’s West Coast editor Richard Whittaker. “The highest human function is shrouded in mystery.” Read more>

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