Saturday, August 20, 2005
Some wisdom from Boethius
In his De consolatione philosophiœ, Roman philosopher-theologian Boethius wrote:
Then said [Philosophy], ‘Think you that this universe is guided only at random and by mere chance? or think you there is any rule of reason constituted in it?’
‘No, never would I think it could be so, nor believe that such sure motions could be made at random or by chance. I know that God, the founder of the universe, does overlook His work; nor ever may that day come which shall drive me to abandon this belief as untrue.’
Amen.
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Then said [Philosophy], ‘Think you that this universe is guided only at random and by mere chance? or think you there is any rule of reason constituted in it?’
‘No, never would I think it could be so, nor believe that such sure motions could be made at random or by chance. I know that God, the founder of the universe, does overlook His work; nor ever may that day come which shall drive me to abandon this belief as untrue.’
Amen.
# posted by O'Brien @ 8/20/2005 06:36:00 PM 
