The Augustinianism 2 of The Consolation of Philosophy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Teubner
Keyword(s):  
Related Problem ◽  
Human Freedom ◽  
Divine Foreknowledge ◽  
De Trinitate ◽  
Literary Context ◽  
Consolation Of Philosophy

Chapter 6 examines Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, focusing in particular on book 5. In Consolation 5, references to prayer are embedded within a dialogue between a prisoner and a personification of philosophy on the theme of divine foreknowledge and human freedom. By placing prayer within a broader philosophical and literary context, Boethius extends his Augustinianism to explore the boundaries and texture of Christian existence as it attempts to reach up from human ratio to divine intellegentia. Here Boethius demonstrates his Augustinianism 2, as he creatively reconstellates Augustine’s use of prayer in De trinitate to help him solve a different, though related, problem. The Augustinianism of the Consolation best comes into view when seen through Boethius’ references to prayer.

Philosophy, Logic, and Nominalism

2020 ◽  
pp. 406-425
Author(s):  
Fabienne Michelet ◽  
Martin Pickavé
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Human Freedom ◽  
Divine Foreknowledge ◽  
General Terms ◽  
The Status ◽  
Consolation Of Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Nature

This chapter attempts a reappraisal of the philosophical nature of Chaucer’s writings and sketches the philosophical currents that may have formed the intellectual background of his poetry, in particular medieval nominalism and realism. A brief outline of fourteenth-century English philosophy assesses the nature and content of contemporary debates, offering insights on the kind of philosophical knowledge that may have been accessible to Chaucer. An overview of nominalism and realism follows, exploring in particular the differing views these two currents had of the signification of singular and general terms, and of the status of scientific knowledge. This part also scrutinizes some of the traditional arguments for nominalism and realism in Chaucer’s poetry. Chaucer’s use of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy is key to the last section, which focuses on the question, extensively debated during the fourteenth century, of human agency and more precisely the possible compatibility of human freedom and divine foreknowledge.

On divine foreknowledge and human freedom: A reply

1980 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Human Freedom ◽  
Divine Foreknowledge

scholarly journals Warfield on Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
Peter A. Graham ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Freedom ◽  
Divine Foreknowledge

Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-107
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Flint ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Freedom ◽  
Divine Foreknowledge
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