Boethius Argument Analysis

In this essay, I will discuss the arguments Philosophy presents to Boethius in the latter’s Consolation of Philosophy in order to support her view that the good are strong and the evil weak as well the sources that assign this strength and weakness to the good and wicked respectively. First, philosophy argues that the good are powerful since they are the only ones with the ability of actualizing their will; meaning that they are the only strong ones to attain the good they are seeking whereas the evil are not able to do so. She also mentioned that there might be specific reasons as to why the evil choose the vicious way of life instead, either because of their ignorance or they are willing to do it or they are both aware of their actions
Specifically, the good wish to attain the good by engaging in virtuous activities compared to the evil whose actions are driven by their desires and impulses (Slavitt 112). Moreover, the virtuous acts are the proper means for those who are willing to achieve happiness since one can live a happy life only if he participates in activities of such kind. The main point here is that only virtuous people are able to do virtuous acts and hence they are the only individuals who can live a happy life. On the other hand, the wicked, as it is had been mentioned before choose to obtain the good by indulging in vicious acts which indicates that they are not able to reach their goal; their means are highly improper in order to achieve their object of will. Therefore, what is displayed here is that the good are powerful enough to attain happiness whereas the wicked are weak to do so. Specifically, the good are powerful and hence able to obtain the good since they have the mental strength to recognize that their fulfillment of their will, which is to achieve happiness is a result of virtuous actions. In contrast, the wicked have the false belief that their desires are sufficient and necessary to obtain the which constantly prevents them from attaining their