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[In the disputed question model], Aquinas is attempting — vicariously, because all these people are not sitting in the Agora with him — to bring various voices into the conversation. And he is always careful to show where each voice grasps the truth, and where it doesn't.
The best way to engage with a rival position is not just to refute it, but to show what is true in it, and then, from the view that results out of that, to give an account of where and why it went wrong. That is the most compelling argument for Aristotle and for Aquinas." —Prof. Thomas Hibbs
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0:00 Introduction
1:45 Situation of the 13th Century
11:40 Modern Situation
18:15 Rational Disagreement as Instructive
20:41 Conversion Stories & St. Augustine
23:27 Aquinas' Disputed Question Model
29:22 Dr. Hibbs' Background
31:28 Aquinas does, occasionally, get worked up.
32:41 Finding Common Ground & Aquinas on Heresy
34:55 Conclusion - Sts. Thomas Aquinas and John Henry Newman
39:01 Q&A
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This lecture was given on December 7, 2021 at George Mason University.
About the speaker:
Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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