Once a bedrock Christian classic, Boethius’s “Consolation of Philosophy” has been neglected for decades. It’s time for a revival. Some 27 letters into his correspondence, Screwtape stages an ...

John J. Miller is joined by Arthur Herman of the Hudson Institute to discuss Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy. Continue reading this article with an NRPLUS subscription. Special Offer: $1/week ...

As we celebrate Christmas and look forward to a new year, in an homage to an old “TAC Bookshelf” series, we hope you’ll enjoy a glimpse this week of some of what we at The American Conservative were ...

Boethius, a sixth-century Roman statesman, was in the prime of his life when his political career was brought to a sudden and ignominious end. Running afoul of corrupt politicians, he was falsely ...

Written in 523 while its author was in prison awaiting execution, Boethius’s “Consolation of Philosophy” is one of the most popular texts of medieval Europe. In this masterwork, Lady Philosophy ...

Philosophy offers consolations when all is lost. What true happiness is Having demolished folk notions of happiness and much of what is called positive psychology these days, Lady Philosophia proceeds ...