Augustine: On the Trinity
09/13/2019
On the Trinity (Latin: De Trinitate) is a theological work by St Augustine, written in the early 5th century CE. In offering a philosophical defence of the Christian doctrine of the trinity, Augustine makes a number of arguments whose significance goes beyond their apologetic purpose. His arguments against skepticism in this and other works have often been seen as a precursor to those of Descartes.
The most common public domain translation is that of Arthur West Haddan for the Select Library of the Nice and Post-Nicene Fathers.
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English transations
Christian Classics Ethereal Library: On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises. On the Trinity translated by Arthur West Haddan. Multiple formats.
Internet Archive: On The Trinity, translated by Arthur West Haddan. EPUB, MOBI, PDF, TXT formats.
Internet Archive: On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises. Select Library of the Nice and Post-Nicene Fathers, translated by Arthur West Haddan. EPUB, MOBI, PDF, TXT formats.
Logos Virtual Library: On The Trinity, translated by Arthur West Haddan. HTML and other formats.
New Advent: On the Trinity, translated by Arthur West Haddan, revised by Kevin Knight. HTML format.
Sacred Texts: On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises, translated by Arthur West Haddan. HTML format.
Tertullian.org: On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises, translated by Arthur West Haddan. HTML format.
Wikisource: On the Holy Trinity, English translation by Arthur West Haddan. HTML and other formats.
Latin texts
Latin Library: Augustine of Hippo, De Trinitate and other Latin texts. HTML format.
Wikisource: De Trinitate (Aurelius Augustinus), Latin text. HTML and other formats.
Other Resources
History of Philosophy without any gaps: Me, Myself and I: Augustine on Mind and Memory - podcast by philosopher Peter Adamson.
History of Philosophy without any gaps: Charles Brittain on Augustine's "On the Trinity" - podcast by philosopher Peter Adamson.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Augustine.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Saint Augustine.
Wikipedia: Augustine of Hippo - On the Trinity
Further reading
Augustine: The City of God
Descartes: The Meditations
Latin resources: Learn to read Latin texts in the original.
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