Book V was hefty when it comes to comprehending and wrestling with the reconciliation of God's foreknowledge and man's free will. Frankly I personally don't know if I think there was much for Boethius to argue against because of his choice in words. The foreknowledge of God is different than the act of God predestining or electing someone/thing.
On another note, a passage I did enjoy is found in Prose II stating, "For when the mind turns its eyes from the light of truth on high to lower darkness, soon they are dimmed by the clouds of ignorance, and become turbid through ruinous passions; by yielding to these passions and consenting to them, men increase the slavery which they have brought upon themselves, and their true liberty is lost in captivity." This passage at its core represents the free will God gives humanity by allowing us to make our own choices, even if that means they are bad for us and limits us on our own accord. But He also shows his love and care for us by always presenting Truth, and allowing us the opportunity to seek wisdom and the intelligible. And so any limit or slavery put on humanity is done by human self, and though God foreknows, limit is only inflicted by self- God has already made a clearer way to freedom, we just have to choose it!
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