Thomas Hibbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1044331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Hibbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Hibbs |
| SIGNATURE | HIBBS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pascalian Themes in the Thought of Peter Augustine Lawler
The essay demonstrates the influence of Pascal on the thought of the contemporary American political theorist, Peter Lawler. Pascal’s reflections on the paradoxical nature of the human condition informs Lawler’s alternative to both modern optimistic rationalism and modern skeptical despair. Pascal’s thought helps Lawler to make sense of the creature that finds itself alternately at home, and lost, in the cosmos. It also provides him with the reso…
Virtue's Splendor
In recent years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in classical conceptions of what it means for human beings to lead a good life. Although the primary focus of the return to classical thought has been Aristotle’s account of virtue, the ethics of Aquinas has also received much attention. Our understanding of the integrity of Aquinas’s thought has clearly benefited from the recovery of the ethics of virtue. Understood from either …
Returning to the Human Things
Late Bergman
Acclaimed as one of the great filmmakers of the 20th century, Ingmar Bergman is for many an arch-modernist, whose work is characterized by a high degree of self-conscious artistry and by dark, even nihilistic themes. Film critics increasingly identify him as a kind of philosopher of the human condition, especially of the dislocations and misery of the modern human condition. However, Bergman's films are not embodiments of philosophical theories, …
Virtue, Natural Law, and Supernatural Solicitation
This essay explores a remarkable congruence between Macbeth and the teachings of Thomas Aquinas on the nature of virtue, temptation and evil, natural law, and the relationship of the natural to the supernatural. Macbeth's virtue is problematic in that initially he seems courageous when on the attack in battle. But in reality he shows the excessive vice of boldness, and subsequently he fails to manifest courageous endurance and patience in clingin…
Virtue, Natural Law, and Supernatural Solicitation
This essay explores a remarkable congruence between Macbeth and the teachings of Thomas Aquinas on the nature of virtue, temptation and evil, natural law, and the relationship of the natural to the supernatural. Macbeth's virtue is problematic in that initially he seems courageous when on the attack in battle. But in reality he shows the excessive vice of boldness, and subsequently he fails to manifest courageous endurance and patience in clingin…
Virtue, Natural Law, and Supernatural Solicitation
This essay explores a remarkable congruence between Macbeth and the teachings of Thomas Aquinas on the nature of virtue, temptation and evil, natural law, and the relationship of the natural to the supernatural. Macbeth's virtue is problematic in that initially he seems courageous when on the attack in battle. But in reality he shows the excessive vice of boldness, and subsequently he fails to manifest courageous endurance and patience in clingin…
Late Bergman
Acclaimed as one of the great filmmakers of the 20th century, Ingmar Bergman is for many an arch-modernist, whose work is characterized by a high degree of self-conscious artistry and by dark, even nihilistic themes. Film critics increasingly identify him as a kind of philosopher of the human condition, especially of the dislocations and misery of the modern human condition. However, Bergman's films are not embodiments of philosophical theories, …
Virtue's Splendor
In recent years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in classical conceptions of what it means for human beings to lead a good life. Although the primary focus of the return to classical thought has been Aristotle’s account of virtue, the ethics of Aquinas has also received much attention. Our understanding of the integrity of Aquinas’s thought has clearly benefited from the recovery of the ethics of virtue. Understood from either …
Returning to the Human Things
Pascalian Themes in the Thought of Peter Augustine Lawler
The essay demonstrates the influence of Pascal on the thought of the contemporary American political theorist, Peter Lawler. Pascal’s reflections on the paradoxical nature of the human condition informs Lawler’s alternative to both modern optimistic rationalism and modern skeptical despair. Pascal’s thought helps Lawler to make sense of the creature that finds itself alternately at home, and lost, in the cosmos. It also provides him with the reso…
Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Virtue (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Art (1 work)