Earlier this summer, as I was trying to find a header image for my post “Denigrating Normativity Vs. Punishing Differences: Thoughts on the Backlash,” I came across a book called The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius. It was written in AD 523 while Boethius, previously a powerful Roman official, was awaiting trial and eventual execution.
I was surprised that this book escaped my attention all this time, considering my education in Religious Studies and my own personal interests but, somehow, it had!
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