Surely you see, then, how cramped and confined the fame is which you are toiling to spread and propagate. You cannot expect the reputation of one of her citizens to succeed in penetrating regions which the glorious name of Rome cannot reach. And what about the fact that the manners and customs of different peoples are so unalike that different peoples will consider the same thing praiseworthy or punishable? A man may be pleased at the publication of his fame abroad, but among many peoples it may not be to his benefit at all to have his reputation spread. So a man will be content when he is
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Boethius fails to imagine here, and for this he cannot be ridiculed, how oone day such fame will surpass physical bounds. Today men, although few, achieve renown across borders and cultures. Globalisation has played a substantial role here.
