Returning to this graphic’s placement of Michel Foucault on the spectrum between Marx and Heidegger. Why? Recall Foucault’s own words:: “I am simply a Nietzschean.” And: “Heidegger has always been for me the essential philosopher.”* Heidegger was a member of the National Socialist Party in the 1930s and 1940s. Foucault was a member of the […]
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There is wisdom in shoes: “Once I was sad because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.” Your problems are not as bad as they could be. “Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes.” Knowing the other’s context puts you in a better position to
Nietzsche is usually labelled an individualist. One of the more controversy-generating claims of my Nietzsche and the Nazis appears in Section 34, where I argue that Nietzsche is more collectivist than individualist.[1] Re-reading Zarathustra I came across two more relevant quotations. In both cases, Zarathustra is speaking: “A thousand goals there have been until now,
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Don’t miss this audio version Stephen Hicks’s scholarly article “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand.” First published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (10:2, Spring 2009), pp. 249-91. Related: Nietzsche and the Nazis.
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In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers
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La hermana de Nietzsche y The Will to Power [transcripción de Open College] Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Este episodio está inspirado en mi re-lectura de The Will to Power de Nietzsche. […]”cada palabra de The Will to Power fue escrita por Nietzsche en sus cuadernos de notas de 1883-1888″. Así que tiene ese
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Nietzsche y los Nazis Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. “El infierno ha sucedido, y puede volver a suceder” Stephen Hicks escribió el presente libro haciéndose eco de estas palabras cuando sostiene que “no hay garantía que no sucederá de nuevo”. El autor nos invita a conocer y a entender las causas que motivaron el
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Five-minute clip. Ryan Faulkner-Hogg of Atlas Geographica interviewed me long form about the early Nietzsche, including this excerpt on Nietzsche’s youthful discovery of Schopenhauer. The clip has a link to the full interview.
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