Identity 'as' Difference

"Non-dialectical" negation in the Rosminian God

Abstract

Rosmini manages to rethink the relationship between unity and multiplicity in God in a “dizzying” way. He confronts a topic already admirably treated by Augustine and Aquinas, but does so with very novel and surprising implications. He allows us to rethink the extraordinary speculative potency contained in the Trinitarian mystery, and in so doing intrinsically “subverts” the meaning of much of the Christian theological tradition. More specifically, the rapport “One and the Many” is rethought by Rosmini in strict relationship with that which seems to connect “thought-and-being” and in his articolation of this relationship, he leaves admirable pages for us to ponder.