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How do I know what to read? If I have not read a book before, how do I know whether it will be any good? After all, reading a book, especially if I read it well, is a significant investment of hours. Every time I commit to reading one book, I am simultaneously choosing, by …

  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 …