The logic of the Trinity

The logic of the Trinity: Augustine to Ockham

by Thom, Paul

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The doctrine of the Holy Trinity requires the joint truth of the statements that there is a unique and simple God, and that there are three distinct Persons each of which is God. Saint Augustine posed the question what entities would have to exist, and how would they have to be related, in order for this doctrine to be internally consistent. The present book examines the attempts by ten leading philosophers (Augustine himself, Boethius, Abelard, Gilbert, Lombard, Bonaventure, Albert, Aquinas, S…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The logic of the Trinity : Augustine to Ockham / Paul Thom.

Summary

The doctrine of the Holy Trinity requires the joint truth of the statements that there is a unique and simple God, and that there are three distinct Persons each of which is God. Saint Augustine posed the question what entities would have to exist, and how would they have to be related, in order for this doctrine to be internally consistent. The present book examines the attempts by ten leading philosophers (Augustine himself, Boethius, Abelard, Gilbert, Lombard, Bonaventure, Albert, Aquinas, Scotus and Ockham) to answer Augustine's question.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.
  • Edition:1st ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvi, 236 pages cm).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780823234769, 0823234762, 9780823240746, 0823240746
  • oclc:on1055391281
  • LC Classification:BT109
  • Dewey Decimal:231/.0440902

Table of Contents

Background -- Augustine -- Boethius -- Abelard -- Gilbert of Poitiers -- Peter Lombard -- Bonaventure -- Albert -- Aquinas -- Scotus -- Ockham.

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Subjects

Philosophie médiévale Philosophy, Medieval Trinité -- Histoire des doctrines Trinity -- History of doctrines

Writers

Thom, Paul

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