
	Philosophy and Culture Reference: Fokin, A. R. The Role of Ancient Philosophy in Evolution of the Early Concept of the Trinity Offered by Augustine of Hippo // Philosophy and Culture. 2014. № 1. P. 108-122. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63777 Fokin, A. R. The Role of Ancient Philosophy in Evolution of the Early Concept of the Trinity Offered by Augustine of Hippo Abstract: The article is devoted to the influence of ancient philosophy on evolution of the early concept of the trinity offered by Augustine of Hippo (354–430). The early version of Augustine’s trinity doctrine which was in many ways influenced by Neo-Platonism metaphysics had two branches: philosophical anagogy that described gradual elation of soul from the sensible world to the world of the infinite Mind and freshless Truth and ontology of the Trinity that view each item created by God as having the three base characteristics (unity, form, order and etc.). The early version of Augustine’s doctrine of the Trinity was created under the influence of Neo-Platonic metaphysic and psychology and Aristotle logics and the theory of knowledge and speech. Later this concept developed into a mature «psychological theory» of the Trinity. According to that theory, the internal life of the Divine Trinity can be understood similarly with the structure of individual consciousness of human soul or «trinity cogito». Keywords: Ancient philosophy, religion, Christianity, patristic, theology, trinity doctrine, Neo-Platonism, Aristotelianism, metaphysics, psychology. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Augustin Handbuch / Hrsg. V. H. Drecoll. Tübingen, 2007. 2. Augustinus-Lexikon / Ed. C. Mayer et al. Basel, 1996–2002. 3. Ayres L. Augustine and the Trinity. Cambridge, N.Y., 2010. 4. Barnes M. R. 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Fokin, A. R. The Role of Ancient Philosophy in Evolution of the Early Concept of the Trinity Offered by Augustine of Hippo