Which excerpt from Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy most effectively supports Boethius’s argument concerning the relationship between wickedness and suffering?(1 point)

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A) “The great hopes and schemes of bad people can be dashed by sudden death before they know it”

A) “ The great hopes and schemes of bad people can be dashed by sudden death before they know it ”

B) “Then surely, when bad men are punished, something good has been annexed to their wretchedness and that is the pain they suffer which is good by reason of the administration of justice.”
B) “Then surely, when bad men are punished, something good has been annexed to their wretchedness and that is the pain they suffer which is good by reason of the administration of justice.”

C) “For if you incline your heart to the best things, you don’t need a judge to award the prize or honor.”
C) “For if you incline your heart to the best things, you don’t need a judge to award the prize or honor.”

D) “But I would only wish that bad men were prevented from always carrying out their evil plans of destruction against good men.”
D) “But I would only wish that bad men were prevented from always carrying out their evil plans of destruction against good men.”

Answer 1

The excerpt that most effectively supports Boethius’s argument concerning the relationship between wickedness and suffering is:

B) “Then surely, when bad men are punished, something good has been annexed to their wretchedness and that is the pain they suffer which is good by reason of the administration of justice.”

This statement articulates the idea that suffering is a consequence of wickedness and that the punishment of bad people serves a greater moral purpose, linking their wretchedness to a form of justice that encompasses good.