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title: "Book 3 Chapter 1: Preparing to Know the Good"
date: 2020-07-19T21:39:59Z
series: "The Consolation of Philosophy"
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Boethius beseeches Philosophy to continue. She promises to lead him to true happiness. Philosophy then prepares Boethius for his turn toward the truth. Aristotle and Plato are untwined in the beginning of this book, as Aristotle’s method of imminence gives way to Plato’s method of transcendence.
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 								title: "Book 3 Chapter 1: Preparing to Know the Good"
 								date: 2020-07-19T21:39:59Z
 								series: "The Consolation of Philosophy"
-												complete show notes for chapters 3 and 4 up to the present

											
										
										
											2022-01-02 15:22:08 +00:00
+								image: img/1295493-1593966149384-fbe3d151bfd13.jpg
-												first half of chapter 3 moved to mp3

											
										
										
											2022-01-02 21:58:39 +00:00
+								enclosure: audio/podcast_2020-07-05_boethius-book-3-chapter-1.mp3
-												complete show notes for chapters 3 and 4 up to the present

											
										
										
											2022-01-02 15:22:08 +00:00
+								draft: false
 								---
-												first half of chapter 3 moved to mp3

											
										
										
											2022-01-02 21:58:39 +00:00
+								{{< audio "https://gmgauthier.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/podcast/audio/podcast_2020-07-05_boethius-book-3-chapter-1.mp3" >}}
-												complete show notes for chapters 3 and 4 up to the present

											
										
										
											2022-01-02 15:22:08 +00:00
+								Boethius beseeches Philosophy to continue. She promises to lead him to true happiness. Philosophy then prepares Boethius for his turn toward the truth. Aristotle and Plato are untwined in the beginning of this book, as Aristotle’s method of imminence gives way to Plato’s method of transcendence.