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The chapter opens with an epigraph from Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae, expressing profound trouble over a miracle or wonder.
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The chapter opens with an epigraph from Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae, expressing profound trouble over a miracle or wonder.
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“for this miracle or this wonder troubleth me right gretly.”
This miracle or wonder greatly disturbs me.
Epigraph from Boethius, setting a tone of philosophical unease.
