diff --git a/content/podcast/boethius-book-2-chapter-8-The-Utility-of-Adversity.md b/content/podcast/boethius-book-2-chapter-8-The-Utility-of-Adversity.md index d5e6480..4e123c7 100644 --- a/content/podcast/boethius-book-2-chapter-8-The-Utility-of-Adversity.md +++ b/content/podcast/boethius-book-2-chapter-8-The-Utility-of-Adversity.md @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ title: "Book 2 Chapter 8: The Utility of Adversity" date: 2020-07-12T21:43:00Z series: "The Consolation of Philosophy" image: img/1295493-1593380802865-ef6c3fc410551.jpg -enclosure: audio/podcast_2020-06-28_927568ede183f8e931b565bb836f4466.m4a +enclosure: audio/podcast_2020-06-28_boethius-book-2-chapter-8.mp3 draft: false --- -{{< audio "https://gmgauthier.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/podcast/audio/podcast_2020-06-28_927568ede183f8e931b565bb836f4466.m4a" >}} +{{< audio "https://gmgauthier.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/podcast/audio/podcast_2020-06-28_boethius-book-2-chapter-8.mp3" >}} One service only can Fortune do, when she reveals her own nature and distinguishes true friends from false. Philosophy explains the utility of adversity to virtue, and regales us with a paean to divine love. Analysis: Boethius evokes a frustrated aspiration to reconcile Aristotle and Plato, and we begin the transition from Aristotelian virtue, to the Neoplatonic contemplation of The Good. I summarize **The Myth of Er, from Plato’s Republic**, and read a short quote from it, emphasizing the need for the contemplation of knowledge. \ No newline at end of file