Hegel's Metaphysics of God - The Ontological Proof as the Development of a Trinitarian Divine Ontology

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. Calton argues that Hegel uses his version of the ontological proof not only to establish the existence of God, but also to develop a Trinitarian divine ontology. This book details the development of Hegel''s argument for a Trinitarian metaphysics of God and establishes that the structure of Hegel''s ontological proof encompasses Hegel''s entire philosophical system, from the concept of God, to God’s self-expression in finitude, and, finally, to the recognition on the part of human consciousness that humans are an integral part of God’s being.