An idea from The Consolation of Philosophy

How can a good God allow the mess? Philosophy draws circles around one center: God’s plan seen all at once is providence, and the same plan unrolling through time is fate. The closer you move to the center, the less fate’s chain drags you around.

From The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

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