Divine Providence and Free Will in the De Angelo Perdito by Gilbert Crispin. An Interpretation in Light of the Consolation of philosophy

Abstract

This article focuses on the sections 49-56 of the De Angelo Perdito by Gilbert Crispin, where he intended to solve the problem between free will and divine Providence. It aims to show how Gilbert draws on the argumentative scheme of the fifth book of the Consolatio Philosophiae, but uses this source in a personally manner. On that basis, it purpose is both to highlight a lack in the apparatus fontium of the critical edition and to provide further evidence that the philosophical production of the fourth Abbot of Westminster is not a rehashed summary of Anselms, as it was usually believed.