What place can be left for random action, when God constraineth all things to order?

Quis enim cohercente in ordinem cuncta deo locus esse ullus temeritati reliquus potest?

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Free will Randomness

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Boethius

Source

The Consolation of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

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Question

Language

Latin

Time

523 520s 6th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Philosopher Politician

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Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 5, poem 1.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 5, poem 1.

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Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 8.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 8.

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Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.

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