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Clifton Knox

Clifton Knox

Clifton Knox

This will be the first in a series covering the victorian age thinker and proto-social scientist Herbert Spencer. Introduction Every so often a philosopher emerges who has a long-lasting effect on the ideas and concepts of experts and common people alike.  Herbert Spencer is one of those rare individuals who contributed groundbreaking ideas during his …

  Much of Boethius' work The Consolation of Philosophy speaks of luck, or Fortuna.  However, as The Consolation of Philosophy continues, the reader is brought to Boethius' inevitable conclusion.  That it is self-examination that provides humans with lasting happiness.  The Consolation of Philosophy is not necessarily a Christian work or just about suffering but, instead, the power …