FILOSOFIA CA SUPREMĂ CONSOLARE LA BOETHIUS

Abstract

From Boethius's point of view, philosophy manages to console us in the face of death because it removes the veil of ignorance regarding human nature, offering us an authentic knowledge of our being, as persons in close connection with the divine, that is, with Good. This means that it reveals to us what good is in general and, implicitly, our good as humans, which presupposes the possession of spiritual goods, which we obtain exclusively through the exercise of virtue. From this perspective, no loss of our material goods, including our body, is not an evil for us. To the same extent, no injustice inflicted on us by others can affect us, as long as we preserve our virtue, that is, human dignity, and do not deviate from the line of good. According to his conception, the reward of a virtuous life is offered on the spot, and it consists precisely in the exercise of virtue. Therefore, man must be virtuous not because he expects to be rewarded in earthly life or after death, but because only in this way does he fully manifest his human nature, can he affirm himself as a man at the highest level, and this represents for him the greatest good and offers him true happiness.