Lady Philosophy explains how the righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their punishment. We take a trip with Odysseus to the Island of the Winds, and find ourselves transformed into swine, by Cerce.  My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

In today's episode, Lady Philosophy lays out for us, the first of four arguments attempting to defang the problem of evil, and in the process, we discover that evil people simply don't exist! My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfill her former promise to the full. Boethius takes on The Gorgias. Let's see what he comes up with! Librivox version of The Gorgias can be found here. My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

This week, we take a momentary pause from the text, to ponder the origins of Lady Philosophy. What you will discover in this podcast, is a nexus of faith, reason, religion, and philosophy, in the books of Proverbs and Wisdom, and a powerful symbol who's meaning goes far beyond the superficial anthropomorphism of philosophy in human form. I couldn't think of a good way to work in the famous passage from Acts 17, but that's hovering in the background of this, as well... If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

Short Reads: Boethius Sidebar - Who Is Lady Philosophy?

Boethius and Lady philosophy confront the problem of evil, and Boethius laments the slipping of the vision of the true good just out of his sight. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

Philosophy and Boethius rehearse the final arguments for the unity of happiness, and the good, and Philosophy makes the case for The Good as the Telos of all things. The analysis of this episode includes an extended clip from Plato's Phaedo. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

We have reached the summit, and Lady Philosophy now lays out the full case defending Divine Unity along Neo-Platonic lines of reasoning. This is going to be an intensely technical episode, but if you make it all the way to the end, I have a treat in store for you. Did you know that Boethius wrote his own music? We don't know absolutely for sure what it sounded like, but you may enjoy "Bella quis quinis", a work by Boethius himself. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

We reach the end of the journey to the true good. Philosophy and Boethius have a brief dialogue on the false good, and turn toward the true good. Philosophy ends the dialogue with a prayer to the source of the One True Good (God).  If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

Lady Philosophy concludes her case against false happiness with a brief bullet-point recap, and a verse to remind us not to spend our lives looking for things where they cannot be found. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

Boethius warns us off of bodily pleasures, through the mouth of Lady Philosophy, because they give you a hangover. Also, a segment from a lecture by Dominican Father Dominic Legge, on the question of intellectual pleasure. You can find the original lecture here. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

Philosophy Tells us why Glory is a poor substitute for true happiness.  Also, a segment from a Paula Gooder lecture, on the question of glory. You can find the original lecture here.  If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message

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

Lady Philosophy has been walking us through the various false routes to happiness, and this week, we revisit the question of power. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.

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

In this podcast, I will be outlining the theory of Forms, beginning with why Plato might have concocted the theory in the first place, moving next to what exactly the theory is and how it works, and finishing up with an analysis of the criticisms of the Forms offered by Parmenides (primarily), and a few others since.  For all the snide dismissals of Plato's theory, nobody has ever bothered to explain to me why the Forms are no longer taken seriously, or how they’ve been shown to be disreputable. The point of the podcast is to answer for myself those 'why' and 'how' questions. In order to be confident of why I ought to either accept or reject this theory, I need to understand the theory, and to understand it, I need to portray it to myself, as closely as possible as Plato would have portrayed it to himself. Along the way, I hope you find this useful as well.

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

Philosophy explains to Boethius how the pursuit of honor and respect in this world, is no path to happiness. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.

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

I know all 9 of you have missed me. But fear not! I am returning on October 4 with all new episodes of The Consolation of Philosophy! Stay Tuned! If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.

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