Boethius and the concept of Divine Eternity
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- Boethius and the concept of Divine Eternity
- According to Boethius, Gods Knowledge is not like our knowledge
- God knows what we will do as he will see it in his Perfect Present Moment
- Thus we are free to act any way we like, and God observes this.
- God knows what we will do as he will see it in his Perfect Present Moment
- Boethius poses the question how can there be human freedom- if God knows all past, present + future?
- He argues that no rational creature could exist w/o free will
- It is permanently existing in a rational nature- the more rational is ,the more, choose a virtue.
- He argues that no rational creature could exist w/o free will
- Boethius contrasts our relationship w/ time w/ God's.
- Human shave a limited amount of time that is present to them
- But, God has knowledge of all time- everything to him is the present in His complete + perfect possession of time
- Human shave a limited amount of time that is present to them
- Consolation of Philosophy
- "God ponders all things as if they were enacted in the present"
- meaning that foresight by which God discerns all things is "Knowledge of the unceasing present moment
- "God ponders all things as if they were enacted in the present"
- Divine benevolence and Just Judgement
- God knows the world in one single act
- Boethius developed the ideas of Augustine and Aristotle and influenced Aquinas.
- Boethius uses the analogy of a circle to convey his view (which was adapted by Boethius)
- God is the center of a circle and time is the circumference, all of the circumference is equally present to the centre
- Can link to Anselm's view that God has a 4 dimensional view of time
- God is the center of a circle and time is the circumference, all of the circumference is equally present to the centre
- God knows the world in one single act
- According to Boethius, Gods Knowledge is not like our knowledge
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