3
II. HIS DESPONDENCY 9
III. THE MISTS DISPELLED 12
IV. NOTHING CAN SUBDUE VIRTUE 16
V. BOETHIUS' PRAYER 27
VI. ALL THINGS HAVE THEIR NEEDFUL ORDER 33
VII. THE PERTURBATIONS OF PASSION 38

BOOK II.
THE VANITY OF FORTUNE'S GIFTS.

I. FORTUNE'S MALICE 47
II. MAN'S COVETOUSNESS 51
III. ALL PASSES 55
IV. THE GOLDEN MEAN 62
V. THE FORMER AGE 70
VI. NERO'S INFAMY 76
VII. GLORY MAY NOT LAST 82
VIII. LOVE IS LORD OF ALL 85

BOOK III.
TRUE HAPPINESS AND FALSE.

I. THE THORNS OF ERROR 93
II. THE BENT OF NATURE 99
III. THE INSATIABLENESS OK AVARICE 105
IV. DISGRACE OF HONOURS CONFERRED BY A TYRANT 109
V. SELF-MASTERY 113
VI. TRUE NOBILITY 116
VII. PLEASURE'S STING 118
VIII. HUMAN FOLLY 121
IX. INVOCATION 130
X. THE TRUE LIGHT 141
XI. REMINISCENCE 150
XII. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE 158

BOOK IV.
GOOD AND ILL FORTUNE.

I. THE SOUL'S FLIGHT 166
II. THE BONDAGE OF PASSION 177
III. CIRCE'S CUP 182
IV. THE UNREASONABLENESS OF HATRED 194
V. WONDER AND IGNORANCE 197
VI. THE UNIVERSAL AIM 212
VII. THE HERO'S PATH 219

BOOK V.
FREE WILL AND GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE.

I. CHANCE 229
II. THE TRUE SUN 233
III. TRUTH'S PARADOXES 241
IV. A PSYCHOLOGICAL FALLACY 250
V. THE UPWARD LOOK 255

BOOK I.

THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS.

SUMMARY.

Boethius' complaint (Song I.).--CH. I. Philosophy appears to
Boethius, drives away the Muses of Poetry, and herself laments
(Song II.) the disordered condition of his mind.--CH. II. Boethius
is speechle