Evil is Weak | Consolation of Philosophy Book 4 Summary

Lady Philosophy finally answers the problem of evil raised in Book 1

Overview and questions for reading Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4

0:00 Answering the problem of evil
0:45 Why evil people are weaker than good people
1:26 Evil people are like the swine-sailors of the Odyssey
2:13 cf. a line in CS Lewis' Narnia series
2:49 Arguments about the problem of evil

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Thank you for making these videos. I had difficulty finding analysis and clarification on some of these points in the book before I found your videos.