History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 212 - Like Father, Like Son - Debating the Trinity
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Feb 22, 2015 Debate and denunciation of attempts to explain the Trinity in Abelard, Richard of St Victor, and Bernard of Clairvaux. Discussion on the role of philosophy in understanding the concept of one substance existing as three persons. Exploring the trial of Peter Abilard and its consequences. Bernard of Clairvaux's criticism of other orders and communities. Philosophical debate on the nature of the Trinity and rationalist approaches.
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Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Peter Adamson recalls a Reese's Peanut Butter Cups commercial from his childhood.
- It involved a chocolate bar, a jar of peanut butter, and a horror movie.
Trinity as a Philosophical Reese's
- Medieval philosophy uses the Trinity to combine rational inquiry with religious truth claims.
- This mirrors how seemingly disparate things, like chocolate and peanut butter, can combine well.
Reason vs. Revelation
- Medieval thinkers explored whether human reason alone could prove the Trinity, without the Bible.
- Anselm argued for this in his Monologion, claiming even pagans might have grasped it.