Thomas Aquinas and Georg Hegel on the Trinity /Stephon Theron.
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (vi, 269 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons
This book compares two Trinitarian studies, those of Hegel's and Aquinas's Trinitarian treatises, following upon Augustine's De trinitate. It distinguishes, regarding Hegel, doctrinal development of earlier texts from contradiction or false rationalisation (""logicisation"") thereof, or from their mere repetition. All separation of philosophy and theology is renounced, consistently with ""absolute idealism"" as defended here. Historical contexts are nonetheless respected in this book. Hegel, the profoundest Trinitarian philosopher-theologian since at least Aquinas, claims that ultimately ""rev