The Consolations of Philosophy

may have had more of an effect on Chaucer, which then lend themselves to Chaucer’s poems “The Book of the Duchess” and “Troilus and Criseyde” leaning so heavily on Fortune. Before Chaucer wrote “Troilus and Criseyde,” he translated The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, which is believed to have been a huge inspiration for Chaucer’s use of Fortune in “Troilus and Criseyde.” Boethius allows for Fortune and free will to coexist, and though Chaucer seemed to take hold of this idea, there are…

Boethius and Lady Philosophy discuss many issues, but come to the conclusion that God foresees everything and there is no free will. What is meant to happen is inevitable, therefore prayer cannot alter the future. Prayer eases people of what they cannot control. Lady Philosophy eases Boethius of his worries in his last days. In Book I, the relationship between Boethius and Lady Philosophy is introduced. While awaiting his execution, Boethius does not pray to God but rather to Lady Philosophy.…

once in their lifetime. For years, great thinkers, philosophers and theologians tried to come up with answers to why evil exist in our world. Among these great thinkers is Boethius, a Christian theologian and a philosopher. In his book, Consolation of philosophy, Boethius discussed the problem of evil in the world, and attempts to solve it. He began by differentiating good and evil, and then clarifies that some evil doers are unaware of their actions, because they are blinded by their greed and…

ording to Albert Camus the greatest problem about philosophy is, “why not commit suicide?” Many philosophers agree that the separation of the body and the soul is how to reach the ultimate goal in philosophy, but Albert Camus argued that suicide is an immediate separation of the body and the soul. While this point delivers a fascinating question, Socrates, Saint Augustine, Boethius, and the Buddha all have answers to why a person should not commit suicide. Providence and rule are the greatest…

both debate on whether goodness without God is good enough. Paul Kurtz is the chairman of the council for secular humanism and a professor of philosophy AmeriGas at SUNY Buffalo and William Lane Craig is a research professor of Philosophy. He also is a prodigious author of books and essays. Dr. Craig also has a doctorate degree in Theology and Philosophy. In this debate, Kurtz is going to argue that a person can be moral without having a belief in God, while Craig argues the complete opposite.…

improved Lily Owens’ and the Boatwright’s lives because they had to find a spiritual mother within themselves. (SS) Since August practiced the philosophy of the Black Madonna, she tells Lily, “You have to find a mother inside yourself” (Kidd 288). (SS) She expresses that Lily does not need to put her hand on Mary’s heart in order for her to “get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life” (Kidd 288). (SS) The faith enclosed by the Black Madonna not…

Kevin Wang Mrs. Streckenbach Senior English P.7 28 September 2014 In Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, people live in a supposedly dystopian society created after all civilization has been destroyed and two great wars. Then the era of ford ushers in, ensuring societal stability through dictatorship. Population is controlled through scientific methods; marriage is forbidden, and children are not born, but produced in an embryo factory. The society depicted in the novel is based on a rigid…

Jean-Paul Sartre, who is often referred as the founder of existentialism, hated to be identified as an existentialist, for he deemed it a violation of his individualist philosophy to be a part of a literary movement. He even rejected the name because he deemed it to be too confining! Existentialism at its conception rotated around the “life is without purpose” mantra; however, with the introduction of authors such as Albert Camus, Samuel Beckett, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, a new light illuminated…

A ny argument against the existence of God invariably includes the argument that a good God would not let bad things happen to good people. Although this book is an attempt to use reason to reach agreements I am going to lean heavily on scripture with reason as a support for this chapter. The idea behind this is that God is under condemnation using this argument, and the accused have a right under the law to speak in their own self-defense. If we believe that scripture is God’s word, then God…

The subaltern study of Untouchable highlights the role of caste in an Indian Hindu society. The dominance of caste divides the society as well as human psyche. Since ancient period a lot of religious taboos, superstitions and misconception exist in Indian Hindu society and they may be responsible for subalternity in society. At the one hand high caste Hindus dominate and exploit lower caste because they think their birth in high caste is the blessing of God and they have the right to rule over…