Consolatio #3 - Book 2: Fortune's Wheel, the Lesser and Greater Teachers of Virtue, Fate and Goodness, and How Mixed with Bitterness is the Sweetness of Man's Life

A Creative Commons Zero (unrestricted free public domain use) production of Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy" read by the host, William Engels. This is Book 2, "Fortune's Wheel".Translation is WV Cooper, with host amendments for style and clarity.https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/boethius/jkok/2p1_u.htmSupport this work on Patreon:https://patreon.com/HemlockPatreon

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