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This paper proposes rethinking the notion of apokatastasis –the idea of universal restoration– in modern philosophical terms, as a meta-postulate of practical reason, rather than as a theologoumenon or a premodern metaphysical thesis. To this end, the paper will proceed in four stages. First, I will present the moral-existential problem that prompts these reflections, namely, the existence of evil or atrocious suffering. At this stage, I will also explain why this text is better understood as an essay of a hermeneutical and speculative nature. Next, I will provide an account of apokatastasis according to David Bentley Hart, indicating in general terms four problems that this idea poses for modern thought. I will then address the central proposal of this paper: apokatastasis understood as a meta-postulate (or, according to terminological variants, a transcendental idea or horizon) of practical reason. Finally, I will return to the idea of apokatastasis and offer some concluding reflections on it.
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