Boethius, faced with execution, seeks to find solace for his misfortunes. Despite being a Christian and a hero of the Catholic Church, unlike Augustine, Boethius appeals to reason rather than faith for his consolation. In the book he sets out and defines some of the perennial problems of philosophy, including the problem of evil, free will and determinism, the nature of justice and of virtue. Boethius, primarily motivated by Plato in his philosophical views, finds that, ‘The substance of God consisteth in nothing else but goodness’. In other words, for Boethius, God and ‘Goodness’ are
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