fact- boethius; christian philosopher

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boeithius

Boeithius was a sixth-century ce chritian philosopher. While imprisoned he wrote The consolation of Philosophy. in this book he explores how God can justly punish people after death if He knows the future. if our future is known by God then humans lack their choice of freewill. Then how can he punish us? surely he will be wrong. Boeithius had a solution; he believed that God was omniscient, but that humans also had freewill. he argued that God's foreknowledge does not lead to the events to happen. Rather God is atemporal, he sees all events simultaneously. To god there is no past, present or future; it is all immediate. Therefore God remains completely free topunish or reward humans for their actions.

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