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What consolation can Philosophy provide to a condemned man? Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while awaiting torture and execution. He imagines Philosophy visiting him personified as a woman. Philosophy explains to him how the Wheel of Fortune turns, but yet happiness remains within human control. Nigel Warburton reads Chapter 3 from this book Philosophy: The Classics which gives a critical summary of Boethius' book.
'How should we live?' This is a fundamental question for all of us. In his Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle attempted to answer it. Listen to author Nigel Warburton's summary of the main themes of the book in this reading from his book Philosophy: The Classics.
Just a quick announcement that well be hosting a panel Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 7:00 PM at Dragon*con and that the next show will be coming soon.
Were really excited to present to you a new show by alienEthOS. alienEthOS: Morality Bites. This is a smaller show that will feature a moral dilemma or ethical quandary that a character finds themself faced with. We will turn it over to the listeners to tell us what they would do and [...]