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CHANNEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Exiting The Cave Is Moving

I am no longer using Anchor.FM or any other third-party service as a platform for my content. If...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4, Chapter 3 - What Good and Evil Deserve

Lady Philosophy explains how the righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4, Chapter 2 - The Evil Are Powerless

In today's episode, Lady Philosophy lays out for us, the first of four arguments attempting to...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4, Chapter 1 - The Problem of Evil Restated

The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfill...

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Short Reads: Boethius Sidebar - Who Is Lady Philosophy?

This week, we take a momentary pause from the text, to ponder the origins of Lady Philosophy....

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 12

Boethius and Lady philosophy confront the problem of evil, and Boethius laments the slipping of...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 11

Philosophy and Boethius rehearse the final arguments for the unity of happiness, and the good,...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 10

We have reached the summit, and Lady Philosophy now lays out the full case defending Divine Unity...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 9

We reach the end of the journey to the true good. Philosophy and Boethius have a brief dialogue...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 8

Lady Philosophy concludes her case against false happiness with a brief bullet-point recap, and a...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 7

Boethius warns us off of bodily pleasures, through the mouth of Lady Philosophy, because they...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 6

Philosophy Tells us why Glory is a poor substitute for true happiness.  Also, a segment from a...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 5

Lady Philosophy has been walking us through the various false routes to happiness, and this week,...

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Plato, Parmenides, and the Theory of Forms - An Analysis

In this podcast, I will be outlining the theory of Forms, beginning with why Plato might have...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 4

Philosophy explains to Boethius how the pursuit of honor and respect in this world, is no path to...

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Exiting The Cave Short Reads RETURNS!

I know all 9 of you have missed me. But fear not! I am returning on October 4 with all new...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 3

Philosophy and Boethius discuss the insufficiency of wealth to the attainment of happiness. In...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 2

Boethius debates Aristotle on the nature of the Summum Bonum, and comes down on the side of...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 1

Philosophy prepares Boethius for his turn toward the truth.  If you'd like to get these...

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Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 2, Chapter 8

Philosophy explains the utility of adversity to virtue, and regales us with a paean to love....

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