Was Boethius a compatibilist? He said that God knows in advance what we're doing, but we still choose for ourselves. Is he combining free will and predestination? What is the proper name of this position?

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Yes, this is compatibilism. Theists in general, particularly the Abrahamic variety, either have compatibilist views on free will, or they deny determinism in favor of free will. Free will is an inescapable part of religion, and generally the idea of an omniscient God entails that God can predict what