hing to act unjustly. The individual is responsible both for his or her moral disposition and also for the manner in which moral questions are decided by him or her. Indeed, this is seen as a natural process so that the individual is born with the ability to differentiate between good and evil. Boethius was a Platonist and derived elements from both Plato and Aristotle. He considered human nature a distinct entity and argued that Christ embodied both a divine nature and human nature. At the same time, human nature is included in divine nature, for all things which exist are also God, including every human being. He saw philosophy as a means of learning more about God and of coming to grips with one's relationship to the rest of creation. That relationship defines the human being and is couched in terms of one's relationship to God. Boethius also helped transmit the ideas of Aristotle in particular to later generations.
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