and finds in the work of Rudolf Steiner the essence of a solution to them; he claims that Steiner returned to Hegel's philosophical problems but was better able to solve them. Schickler uses these philosophical debates about knowledge and truth to understand the significance of Christ. As theologian Martin Wendte describes, Schickler's "general ontology, according to his philosophical thesis, implies a theological telos, resurrection. In effect, Schickler presents an onto-theo-logy, or, as his title has it: Metaphysics as Christology." Building on the work of Hegel, Schickler argues that Christ has made possible the developments in human consciousness that restore humanity's relationship to the surrounding world. Fraser Watts contributed the Foreword and George Pattison an extensive Preface. Watts commented at the time of Schickler's death, References External links Jonael Schickler in Forschungsstelle Kulturimpuls Website of Thomas Schickler BBC News report on Potter’s Bar rail crash 2010 1976 births 2002 deaths People from Dorneck District Anthroposophists 20th-century Swiss philosophers People educated at Sevenoaks School Waldorf school alumni Railway accident deaths in England Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Swiss expatriates in the United Kingdom People from Forest Row