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Who was Boethius?
The Roman who wrote the most consoling book in the Western tradition while waiting to die In the year 524, in a cell outside Pavia, a man in his mid forties sat waiting for an executioner. He had been Rome's consul. He had watched both his sons hold the consulship in the same year, a distinction almost no father in Roman history could claim. He had served as chief of the civil service under Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who ruled Italy after the empire in the West had gone.
Two Evenings with Dr Jeffrey Lehman
A man sits in a prison cell awaiting execution on a charge he did not earn. His fortune is gone, his name is ruined, and he has months to live. What he writes there becomes one of the most widely read books in Europe for the next thousand years. That is Boethius, and The Consolation of Philosophy is the book. The question underneath it is one worth putting to any parent or teacher right now: what is an education actually good for when the ground moves under you? In September,
St Thomas More Trust, the Institute of Catholic Culture, and Philosophy 101
Introduction The St Thomas More Trust is bringing to life a new initiative for 2026. We plan to support a cohort of people to work through an introductory Philosophy course together – but at a pace and in a timeframe that suits people’s individual circumstances. Our "target market" is people with full-time vocations (work, study, raising children etc) but who can commit a couple of hours per week to study the liberal arts. A key part of the idea is that they would be doing th