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Boethius' Consolation, Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge
[This is the final segment in the Boethius series as the problem of divine foreknowledge takes us through the end of the Consolation. I've enjoyed writing it, and I hope you've enjoyed reading it.] In… more →
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Boethius' Consolation, Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: [This is the final segment in the Boethius series as the problem of divine foreknowledge takes us th … more →
The Hardboiled Optimism of Philosophy (Boethius)
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: In sections V, VI and VII of Book IV of the Consolation, Philosophy propounds a remarkably optimisti … more →
Boethius' Consolation, Book IV, Prose IV
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: In prose IV of the fourth book, Boethius’ philosophical therapy now begins to address his own situat … more →
Boethius Consolation Book IV, Chapters 1 and 2.
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scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: Book IV of the Consolation begins the discussion of God’s providence and the problem of evil. Boethi … more →
Boethius, Book III, Prose XII
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scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: Having proven that all things seek the good and that God is the good, the conversation turns in book … more →
Boethius' Consolation Part VI, Whether All Things Seek the Good?
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: The end of Prose X of Book III contains the most thorough presentation thus far of Boethius’s claim … more →
Boethius's Consolation Part IV, Whether Perfect Happiness Exists?
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scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: That all things seek the good is a key component of the Philosophy’s therapy for Boethius. There are … more →
Boethius Part IV, Book II, poem VIII
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: The eighth poem of Book II of the Consolation announces a turn in the work. Up until this point, Phi … more →
Boethius's Consolation Part 3 (Book II.i-v)
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: In the first book of the Consolation, Philosophy diagnoses Boethius’s sickness as having forgotten w … more →
Boethius's Consolation Part 2--Book I
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: Two images recur throughout the first book of the Consolation. The first is the image of medicine, w … more →
Boethius on the Sinlessness and Death of Christ
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scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: In his Contra Eutychen, Boethius poses an interesting problem: if Adam would not have died if he had … more →
Boethius's Consolatio (Part I Prefatory Remarks)
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scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: This series will focus on Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy, the philosophical masterpiece … more →
Boethius Resources
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: Peter King has made a relatively new translation of one of Boethius’s short theological treati … more →
Announcing a new series on Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy
scholasticus wrote 2 years ago: Next week I will begin a 10 or 11 part series on Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy. Hopeful … more →
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