In the introduction to the Penguin Classics edition of this book, V.E. Watts attributes its philosophy to God as a spectator 
In the introduction to the Penguin Classics edition of this book, V.E. Watts attributes its philosophy to God as a spectator at a chariot race, stating that he watches the actions performed by charioteers but does not cause them. This work equates felicity, or true happiness, with the pursuit of happiness and describes music as philosophy's handmaid. At one point, it calls mortals dull-witted for thinking that they will always have good fortune, for fortune is a wheel that keeps on rolling. It begins with its author being visited by a woman with the letters "pi" and "theta" embroidered on her robes; that woman is the personification of the title discipline. This work was written while its author awaited his execution for treason against Theodoric the Great. For 10 points, name this 524 AD work written by Boethius.
In the introduction to the Penguin Classics edition of this book, V.E. Watts attributes its philosophy to God as a spectator at a chariot race, stating that he watches the actions performed by charioteers but does not cause them.
The Consolation of Philosophy [or Consolatio Philosophiae]