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Boethius of Dacia, or more accurately Boethius of Dania, was a 13th century Danish philosopher who was inspired by the growing Aristotelian revolution taking place in European universities. For Boethius, philosophy was the primary task of all mankind. The search for truth and wisdom was paramount to the Christian and part of the spiritual journey that they must engage in. In this work Boethius describes rational contemplation on eternal truths, and...
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In this work, Boethius discusses the question of the eternity of the world, whether it is a permanent fixture, and therefore static, or it has a distinctive beginning and end. Boethius employs Aristotelian thought and scholastic methods to come to this conclusion, which he learned through his continental church studies.