![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Philosophy goes on to explain that what many in the world think of as good freedom from want (wealth), respect (honor), power, or fame, or simply pleasure, or those with confused or combined desires, such as the desire for wealth for the sake of power and pleasure, or power for the sake of money and fame, and even those who desire a spouse and children for the pleasure they bring. All human beings desire true happiness, but most are lead into error by desiring false, or temporal, goods. True and perfect happiness can only be achieved by the possession of the supreme good in which all goods are possessed. Throughout The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius tells us, Philosophy's songs have been accompanied by the most beautiful music, for music is Philosophy's "handmaid"īoethius has become refreshed, and the compelling arguments of Book II have made him ready for more "cures" and "capable of facing the blows of Fortune." Philosophy then informs Boethius that the object of her next lecture will be true happiness. Book III, the central Book and the longest of the five, opens with Boethius enchanted by Philosophy's final song of Book II. ![]()
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