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

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The Consolation of Philosophy

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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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Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. De Consolatione Philosophiae [The Consolation of Philosophy]. 523, bk. 5, prose 1, l. 8.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy. Translated by Victor Watts. Penguin, 1999, bk. 5, prose 1, l. 8.

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O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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The Consolation of Philosophy
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523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. De Consolatione Philosophiae [The Consolation of Philosophy]. 523, bk. 2, poem VIII, l. 28-30.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy. Translated by Victor Watts. Penguin, 1999, bk. 2, poem VIII, l. 28-30.

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Thence we came forth to see the stars again.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Dante Alighieri
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Inferno The Divine Comedy
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Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy]. 1320, canto 34, l. 139.

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Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy: Vol I, Inferno. Translated by Mark Musa. Penguin, 2002, canto 34, l. 139.

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He who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Ethics
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1677 1670s 17th century
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Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics]. 1677, pt. 2, prop. 42, proof.

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Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics. Translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge UP, 2018, pt. 2, prop. 42, proof.

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The Warriors

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The Warriors
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English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
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The Warrors. Directed by Walter Hill, Lawrence Gordon Productions, 1979.