V.Philosophy admits the justice of Boethius' self-vindication, but grieves rather for the unhappy change in his mind.

She will first tranquillize his spirit by soothing remedies .-- CH.

VI.

Philosophy tests Boethius' mental state by certain questions, and discovers three chief causes of his soul's sickness: (1) He has forgotten his own true nature; (2) he knows not the end towards which the whole universe tends; (3) he knows not the means by which the world is governed..