Timothy Troutner
@troutsky.bsky.social
Theology prof at Assumption University
| Apophaticism, Xology, and Speculative Metaphysics | Idealism and Neoplatonism | Christian Mysticism and French Religious Thought
| Apophaticism, Xology, and Speculative Metaphysics | Idealism and Neoplatonism | Christian Mysticism and French Religious Thought
If you are in Boston for AAR 2025, consider attending my paper in the Plato and Platonisms unit. That is, if Sarah has not given birth by then (it's just 3 days before the due date)!
Monday, November 24th 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Sheraton, Arnold Arboretum (Fifth Floor)
Monday, November 24th 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Sheraton, Arnold Arboretum (Fifth Floor)
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you are in Boston for AAR 2025, consider attending my paper in the Plato and Platonisms unit. That is, if Sarah has not given birth by then (it's just 3 days before the due date)!
Monday, November 24th 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Sheraton, Arnold Arboretum (Fifth Floor)
Monday, November 24th 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Sheraton, Arnold Arboretum (Fifth Floor)
Visited my favorite bookstore again (Commonwealth Books in Newport)
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Visited my favorite bookstore again (Commonwealth Books in Newport)
My latest post: Cosmic Return and the Victims of ICE
July 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My latest post: Cosmic Return and the Victims of ICE
Rahner’s axiom has a Christological basis. This is not sufficiently explored. Everyone believes, or should believe, that there is one case where the economic and immanent Trinities are identical
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Rahner’s axiom has a Christological basis. This is not sufficiently explored. Everyone believes, or should believe, that there is one case where the economic and immanent Trinities are identical
Rahner: the hidden basis for all Christological debates in Catholicism today is the difference between Chalcedonism and Neochaldedonism
June 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rahner: the hidden basis for all Christological debates in Catholicism today is the difference between Chalcedonism and Neochaldedonism
Rahner is famous for the identity of economic and immanent Trinity. Here he explains that this identity is what Hegel would call a speculative proposition: an identity which includes difference as its self-difference. A living sameness which produces and sublates otherness.
June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Rahner is famous for the identity of economic and immanent Trinity. Here he explains that this identity is what Hegel would call a speculative proposition: an identity which includes difference as its self-difference. A living sameness which produces and sublates otherness.
No Kings Worcester was massive
June 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
No Kings Worcester was massive
No Kings in Hudson, MA. I estimate 200 protestors, which was impressive for the town's size.
50+% of signs were patriotic (Founding Fathers, veterans, civil liberties), 30% #Resist (Drumpf, orange etc.), 20% Pride themed.
Very moving.
50+% of signs were patriotic (Founding Fathers, veterans, civil liberties), 30% #Resist (Drumpf, orange etc.), 20% Pride themed.
Very moving.
June 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
No Kings in Hudson, MA. I estimate 200 protestors, which was impressive for the town's size.
50+% of signs were patriotic (Founding Fathers, veterans, civil liberties), 30% #Resist (Drumpf, orange etc.), 20% Pride themed.
Very moving.
50+% of signs were patriotic (Founding Fathers, veterans, civil liberties), 30% #Resist (Drumpf, orange etc.), 20% Pride themed.
Very moving.
Dollar Book Swap near Dayton OH
May 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dollar Book Swap near Dayton OH
A starter pack for Knowing What's Going On
April 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A starter pack for Knowing What's Going On
This seems to be the heart of the development from Plato to Aristotle, for Hegel
- the fuller emergence of subjectivity
- the development of abstract negation into negativity
- the energy of separation as self-determination
- the fuller emergence of subjectivity
- the development of abstract negation into negativity
- the energy of separation as self-determination
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This seems to be the heart of the development from Plato to Aristotle, for Hegel
- the fuller emergence of subjectivity
- the development of abstract negation into negativity
- the energy of separation as self-determination
- the fuller emergence of subjectivity
- the development of abstract negation into negativity
- the energy of separation as self-determination
The publication of this book (this November) will be a major event.
This is the big picture that was in the background in his previous works.
This is the big picture that was in the background in his previous works.
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The publication of this book (this November) will be a major event.
This is the big picture that was in the background in his previous works.
This is the big picture that was in the background in his previous works.
My AAR proposal was accepted! I will be presenting on "Damascius' Crisis of Participation and Our Own" as part of the Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit.
The abstract is below.
The abstract is below.
April 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My AAR proposal was accepted! I will be presenting on "Damascius' Crisis of Participation and Our Own" as part of the Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit.
The abstract is below.
The abstract is below.
Sebastian Rödl comments on the Epistle to the Romans:
March 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sebastian Rödl comments on the Epistle to the Romans:
This is the gospel.
Eckhart:
Eckhart:
March 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is the gospel.
Eckhart:
Eckhart:
Sarah just found these at a free book giveaway 😯
January 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sarah just found these at a free book giveaway 😯
Sebastian Rödl: Kant and Hegel vindicate Aristotelian metaphysics against a skepticism which Aristotle had not yet faced, now explicitly asserting that the form of thought gives the form of being. Critical metaphysics can thus return directly to Aristotle.
January 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sebastian Rödl: Kant and Hegel vindicate Aristotelian metaphysics against a skepticism which Aristotle had not yet faced, now explicitly asserting that the form of thought gives the form of being. Critical metaphysics can thus return directly to Aristotle.
Eli Diamond. De Anima is a theological text throughout
December 31, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Eli Diamond. De Anima is a theological text throughout
Yesterday was our six month anniversary
December 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Yesterday was our six month anniversary
Arming myself for battle @kyriakos.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Arming myself for battle @kyriakos.bsky.social
Hegel on fate in Greek tragedy
December 27, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Hegel on fate in Greek tragedy