Throughout history, the human spirit has turned to philosophy in its quest to create a unified system of absolute knowledge. Theologians have reshaped this quest by relating it to the personal wisdom of the Triune God: the One who knows Himself and everything else through the other as the Father knows Himself and everything in the Son, and the Son knows Himself and everything in the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit.

TRIERTIUM draws deeply from this relational tradition. In particular, we take inspiration from the holistic vision of the great Moravian theologian and philosopher Jan Amos Komenský, or Comenius, who coined the term “TRIERTIUM” from tri- (“three”) and ars (“art”) to name the early modern relational synthesis of all sciences and arts in Trinitarian ontology.

The TRIERTIUM research group explores new forms of complex and relational thought both within and outside the tradition of Trinitarian ontology or Christian metaphysics, and integrates them into transdisciplinary projects in contemporary philosophy, science, and art. It consists of philosophers, theologians, and artists, and is based in the Department of Philosophy and Patrology at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University, Olomouc.