Cicero: On Fate & Boethius: The Consolation of PhilosophyIV.5–7 and V

Cicero and Boethius did more than anyone else to transmit the insights of Greek philosophy to the Latin culture of Western Europe. Cicero’s treatise On Fate, discusses free will and determinism, and Boethius’ Consolation, V also explores the relation of divine foreknowledge to human freedom. Latin text with translation and commentary.