BOOK V.
FREE WILL AND GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE.
SUMMARY.
CH.

I.Boethius asks if there is really any such thing as chance.
Philosophy answers, in conformity with Aristotle's definition (Phys., II.

iv.), that chance is merely relative to human purpose, and that what seems fortuitous really depends on a more subtle form of causation .-- CH.

II.

Has man, then, any freedom, if the reign of law is thus absolute?
Freedom of choice, replies Philosophy, is a necessary attribute of reason.