There is a definite relationship between Boethius’ interpretation of Divine Knowledge in answering the question of man’s free will versus the seeming contradiction of foreknowledge, and Vonnegut’s highlighting of that concept in his attempt to understand man’s free will to choose war.
"I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are al, as I’ve said before, bugs in Amber."
"You sound to me as though you don’t believe in free will," said Billy Pilgrim. (p. 82)
Not surprisingly, The Consolation of Philosophy, with its exploration of the question of the purpose and goal of man, is once again very relative to this reading as it has been with everything I’ve read since. It’s a subject that’s as important to man today as it was centuries ago.
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