Hegel''s Metaphysics of God - The Ontological Proof As Development of a Trinitarian Divine

This title was first published in 2001: Hegel's Metaphysics of God presents Hegel's response to Kant's claim that metaphysics in general and, in particular, knowledge of God, is beyond the grasp of human knowledge.

List of contents

Contents: Introduction: The tension between religion and philosophy; The Enlightenment and Romanticism on knowing God; Hegel's solution to the problem of cognition of God; Hegel's critique of the ontological proof: Introduction; Anselm's formulation of the ontological proof; Kant's critique of the ontological proof; Hegel's rejection of Kant's critique; Hegel's criticism of Anselm's ontological proof; Hegel's ontological proof: Lessing's ditch and Hegel's ontological proof; The form that a proof for God's existence must take; Hegel's ontological proof: being is systematic mind; Bridging Lessing's ditch: the truth of the finite is the infinite; Hegel's proof takes the proper form; Hegel's metaphysics of God: Hegel's proof entails a trinitarian divine ontology; The Enlightenment's empty concept of God; Hegel's response to Enlightenment philosophy of God; Hegel's deduction of God's trinitarian structure; The deduction of the intrinsic trinity; the deduction of the extrinsic trinity; Knowledge of God: the kingdom of the spirit; A summary of Hegel's ontological proof; Conclusion; Philosophy's completion of the extrinsic trinity: Introduction; Humanity as alienated from God; The reconciliation of God and humanity; The kingdom of the spirit: the spiritual community; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This title was first published in 2001: Hegel's Metaphysics of God presents Hegel's response to Kant's claim that metaphysics in general and, in particular, knowledge of God, is beyond the grasp of human knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Marie Calton, Calton Patricia Marie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9780815382133
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8213-3
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy of religion, Metaphysics;God;Knowledge;Ontological