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quoththegirl 's review for:
The Consolation of Philosophy
by Boethius
The Consolation of Philosophy turned out to be brilliant. I highly recommend it! It’s very short, but very dense. I think I fully digested maybe one-half of what was actually contained in the book. I thoroughly enjoyed Boethius’ devastatingly logical approach to the huge questions in life. It reminded me of something, and at first I couldn’t put my finger on it. I finally figured out that it was very reminiscent of C.S. Lewis’ theological writings. It has that same inexorable logic and the same exquisite arguments. Then I felt pretty dumb, because 5 minutes of Googling revealed that C.S. Lewis was VERY well-acquainted with Boethius, and everyone knew this except me. In 1962, Lewis wrote a list of ten books that influenced him most. Consolation of Philosophy was number 7. He wrote essays on it and was quite the fanboy. I will be the first to admit that Lewis’ reading tastes can be terribly, intimidatingly dry (and that’s coming from someone who enjoys medieval lit), but trust me, Consolation is worth a look.