Reading Journal 2 (GB 2)

 In Carleigh’s GB Blog, Carleigh Jackson makes several good points when she explains the relationship between Boethius and Lady Philosophy in her essay “The Diary of a Wimpy Philosopher.” Carleigh reveals that Lady Philosophy uses reasoning to help Boethius exit his depressive state by highlighting several of their conversations. Lady Philosophy helps her mentee to understand the failures of pride, misery, and greed stemming from fortune. She then emphasizes Boethius’s unhealthy dependence on fortune: “had nothing but praise then for the works of Fortune, when she was coddling [him] as her pet” (Boethius 35). Boethius had first entered this depressive state because of the unfair hand fortune dealt him after being kind to him for so long, but Lady Philosophy discloses that he should have already known that fortune is fickle. After all, her fickleness is a piece of her character that she cannot change. Eventually, Lady Philosophy’s spiritual medications for Boethius heal his need for worldly objects and desires.