Does Boethius Believe in Free Will?

In The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius argues that God allows free will to exist in spite of God's foreknowledge because foreknowledge has no impact on the events being decided and further God is a timeless entity and therefore perceives the future differently from how we perceive it.

What is Boethius argument that no human beings are free?

Boethius explains that humans still have free will because they are rational beings and their minds are not controlled by the laws of inanimate nature, while also referring to his argument that foreknown events in time are not necessary, despite God's all-encompassing Providence.

Which theories believe in free will?

Libertarianism holds onto a concept of free will that requires that the agent be able to take more than one possible course of action under a given set of circumstances. Accounts of libertarianism subdivide into non-physical theories and physical or naturalistic theories.