At the close of Book 3, the speakers of this text conclude that sufficiency is power, since something that is sufficient would want nothing. Another section of this work puts forth the idea that arithmetic, music, astronomy and geometry, which this text dubs the quadrivium, is inherently superior to the trivium. This work closes by espousing prayer as the only way to communicate with God due to our "temporal nature," and it begins with the author discussing a mystical vision of a (*) woman with the letters "pi" and "theta" embroidered on her figure. It was written while its author was awaiting execution in the kingdom of Theoderic the Great a
At the close of Book 3, the speakers of this text conclude that sufficiency is power, since something that is sufficient would want nothing. Another section of this work puts forth the idea that arithmetic, music, astronomy and geometry, which this text dubs the quadrivium, is inherently superior to the trivium. This work closes by espousing prayer as the only way to communicate with God due to our "temporal nature," and it begins with the author discussing a mystical vision of a (*) woman with the letters "pi" and "theta" embroidered on her figure. It was written while its author was awaiting execution in the kingdom of Theoderic the Great and imagines the title figure to be represented as a Lady who speaks of the wheel of fortune. For 10 points, identify this philosophic work by Boethius.
At the close of Book 3, the speakers of this text conclude that sufficiency is power, since something that is sufficient would want nothing.
The {Consolation} of {Philosophy} or {Consolatio Philosophiae}