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title: "Book 2 Chapter 1: The Foolishness of Fortune Hunters"
date: 2020-05-17T22:41:00Z
series: "The Consolation of Philosophy"
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Philosophy reproves Boethius for the foolishness of his complaints against Fortune. Her very nature is caprice. Analysis: our first introduction to neoplatonism, and three arguments from fortune analyzed.