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Leibniz on the Trinity and the Incarnation: Reason and Revelation in the Seventeenth Century

By Maria Rosa Antognazza

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0300100744, 9780300100747
LCC
B2598 .A5813 2008
Open Library ID
OL10318917M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1582692 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
348\349
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Throughout his long intellectual life, Leibniz penned his reflections on Christian theology, yet this wealth of material has never been systematically gathered or studied. This book addresses an important and central aspect of these neglected materials—Leibniz’s writings on two mysteries central to Christian thought, the Trinity and the Incarnation. From Antognazza’s study emerges a portrait of a thinker surprisingly receptive to traditional Christian theology and profoundly committed to defending the legitimacy of truths beyond the full grasp of human reason. This view of Leibniz differs strikingly from traditional perceptions of the philosopher as a “hard” rationalist and quasi-deist. Antognazza also sets Leibniz’s writings in the context of the important theological controversies of his day.   (20090415)

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