Commentary Cons. Phil. Book 4
Prosa 1: B. laments the presence of unpunished evil in the realm of a. . .
Metrum 1: The mind has powers to ascend to its true homeland.
Prosa 2: P. explains how the virtuous are really powerful, the wicked. . .
Metrum 2: Those who appear to exercise great power in this world are. . .
Prosa 3: Good men are like gods, while bad men are merely beasts.. . .
Metrum 3: The story of Odysseus's men turned into wild beasts by Circe. . .
Prosa 4: The misery of the wicked.. . .
Metrum 4: Life is short: take pity on the wicked.
Prosa 5: B. continues to object that the apparently unjust. . .
Metrum 5: To understand an event, it is necessary to understand its. . .
Prosa 6: The relation between providence and fate. (This is the. . .
Metrum 6: The world is ruled by an ordered plan. The poem has the same. . .
Prosa 7: Everything that happens, including 'bad fortune,' is for the. . .
Metrum 7: Heroic endurance leads to success.