Arrianismo y modernidad: La relevancia del antitrinitarismo y de la teología de la historia en la filosofía natural de Newton

Abstract

This article starts by analysing some of Newton’s manuscripts on the history of the Church in the 4th century, in which the scientist takes a positive view of Arian theology. Then, it puts forward that Arian nontrinitarianism is a voluntarist theology that converges with voluntarism, which, in turn, is specially significant in Newton’s natural philosophy and in his rejection to any metaphysic formula of the world. Finally, we tackle an issue which is central to the philosophy of history: the theory maintaining that science and Newton’s millenarianist theology are part of that tendency of early modernity to restitutio, to the revival of classical sources, whether it is ancient atomism or 4th century Arianism. Along the lines
of Löwith and Blumenberg,we reflect on this supposed restitution and reclaim the newness of Newton’s approach.

http://dx.doi.org/10.15304/ag.35.2.2726