The project of vital personalism and the humanistic tradition.
Quién, no. 23, 255–272.
Philosophy · Humanities · Education
Francisco S. Pantaleon
I teach philosophy at the University of Asia and the Pacific and write on personalism, philosophical anthropology, virtue ethics, and the humanistic tradition.
InstructorSchool of Management & College of Arts and Sciences, UA&P
AB + MA HumanitiesMagna cum laude · Class Valedictorian, 2025
Research focusPersonalist philosophy · Philosophical anthropology
Research
Ideas in conversation
My work asks what it means to be a person and what the humanistic tradition contributes to education, community, and a life lived well.
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Why classics endure.
Boletim de Estudos Clássicos, vol. 70, 203–210.
The Humanities as Paideia in Julián Marías.
Philosophia, vol. 26, no. 3, 449–466.
The Idea of Community in Dietrich von Hildebrand and Julián Marías.
Quién, no. 21, 111–136.
A Thomistic Restoration of the Liberal Arts.
Humanities Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 2, 45–59.
Book chapters
- Virtuous Attentiveness, with Bettina Marañon. Forthcoming in Learning to Think Well.
- De las no-cosas a las personas, with Zyra F. Lentija. In Persona y comunidad, 2026.
Works in progress
- Toward a philosophy of the humanities.Under review
- The Personalist Anthropology of Sexuality in Karol Wojtyła and Julián Marías.Under review
Teaching
Philosophy in practice
Courses across the humanities and professional education, with a focus on persons, moral formation, and the philosophical foundations of contemporary life.
Current courses
- Business Ethics
- Media Ethics
- Foundations of Liberal Education
- Ethics of Person
- Ethics of Family and Community
Philosophy curriculum
- Philosophical Anthropology
- History of Philosophy
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Metaphysics Teaching intern
- Human Perspectives in Analytics Teaching intern
Talks
Recent presentations
Conference work in the Philippines and Europe on personalism, ecology, the humanities, and the philosophy of the person.
Post-Christianity and the Scientistic Occultation of the Person.
Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Poland.
Analytic Personalism.
II Congreso Mundial de Personalismo, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid.
Situating integral personalism in integral ecology.
John Paul II International Conference, University of Santo Tomas.
De las no-cosas a las personas: una lectura personalista de la mentoría universitaria.
With Zyra F. Lentija, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Personalism: A Philosophy for the Humanities.
Ateneu Universitari Sant Pacià, Barcelona.
Man Fully Alive
“The greatest work of art we can make, the magnum opus of each one, is the beauty of a life well lived.”
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University addressCollege of Arts and Sciences, University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Pasig City, Metro Manila 1605, Philippines
Pearl Drive, Pasig City, Metro Manila 1605, Philippines
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