Background
Loen, Arnoldus Ewout was born in 1896 in Herveld.
Loen, Arnoldus Ewout was born in 1896 in Herveld.
Taught mathematics and physics at secondary schools. Professor of Philosophy of Religion, University of Utrecht, 1955-1966.
Loen’s main interest was to create a philosophy on a Christian basis. The fullest explication of it is to be found in his fundamental book, De vaste grand [The Solid Ground]. He analyses the concept of Being and concludes that reason is insufficient to understand it and needs revelation to reach the truth. Philosophy has no proper subject matter, but is metatheory, the science of the way everything is founded in the foundation. Theology is the science of the foundation itself. Loen’s viewpoint is existentialist, since he focuses on human existence, where the truth is revealed. This revelation has a historical character: revelation takes place within human history.