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Wherefore not without cause has one of your own followers asked, "If God is, whence come evil things? If He is not, whence come good?"

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Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480–524 CE) was a Roman Christian philosopher, poet, and politician.

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Native Name: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius • Boetius

Alternative Names: Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius

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Tu quoque falsa tuens bona prius
incipe colla iugo retrahere:
Vera dehinc animum subierint.

But if you think that life can be prolonged by the breath of mortal fame, yet when the slow time robs you of this too, then there awaits you but a second death.

Vis aptam meritis uicem referre:
Dilige iure bonos et miseresce malis.

Wherefore not without cause has one of your own followers asked, "If God is, whence come evil things? If He is not, whence come good?" - Boethius

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