Boethius maintained a purely Platonic worldview despite his medieval reputation as a Christian Father

Evidence

Throughout the Middle Ages he was read and admired, regarded always as a devout Christian and treated almost as if he had been one of the Fathers. Yet his Consolations of Philosophy, written in 524 while he was awaiting execution, is purely Platonic; it does not prove that he was not a Christian, but it does show that pagan philosophy had a much stronger hold on him than Christian theology. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1459

Categorization

• XREF: XREF names Boethius’s dual identity in medieval thought as both Christian saint and Platonist. — connects to: Boethius embraced Platonic metaphysics and the privative theory of evil in his final work — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1461
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1459

Broader Connections

• Boethius embraced Platonic metaphysics and the privative theory of evil in his final work #corroborates (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1461