- What is Boethius' problem?
- What is Lady Philosophy's diagnosis?
- How does Fortune work?
- What are the laws of Fortune? of free will?
- Is Fortune "just"?
- Is tragedy part of Fortune?
- How are we to be happy?
- What does it mean to "possess" something?
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Read through p. 103
Bring a Bluebook for an in class writing
exercise.
Bring your own discussion questions on
Boethius. |
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According to Boethius, does Satan possess will?
power?
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What core assumptions lie beneath Boethius'
claim that the wicked are unhappy when they unjustly go scot
free?
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Draw a picture to depict the relationship
between fate & providence.
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How can divine providence, i.e. foreknowledge,
preserve free will? What is the key to his argument?
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Make a list: Without free will, we get __?
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What does Boethius mean when he says: "every
object of knowledge is known not as a result of its own nature,
but of the nature of those who comprehend it" (132)
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