Letter To Boethius 'Consolation Of Philosophy'

Dear Sara,

I know you are going through a hard time right now and you do not deserve it at all! I wonder why such good people have to suffer and the bad people always go unpunished. People wonder if there is a god and if there is, why does he let the good suffer and let the wicked continue to be evil? I feel as though I wanted to write you this letter to let you know that you are not alone and for you to hopefully find some comfort with some sort of answers. I have done some research on theories of why this is so and one struck me as something that I feel you could relate to and believe in. Boethius was a roman philosopher of the early sixth century. Boethius was born only four short years after Odoacer overthrew the last Roman Emperor in which he declared himself King of Italy. He worked hard in public services for King Theodoric the Great. Later in life Boethius was imprisoned and then eventually executed by Theodoric for charges of conspiracy to overthrow him. During his time in jail Boethius reflected on many things and eventually created the novel Consolation of Philosophy. Boethius was faced with
He believes that they can receive what they desire but not what they need. When they receive desire, they create their own suffering rather than receiving what is actually good for them. He believes that they may not have intentionally punished themselves but they end up getting wound up into their own evil. An example that we both can reflect on is when we indulge in our ice cream while watching The Bachelor. In the moment, we say how good it tastes, but after the show we complain about how it probably wasn’t the best idea to eat the whole carton. This relates to those “in the moment” feelings. In the moment, it sounds like a great idea because we love ice cream, until we start hitting the bottom of the carton with our