Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great?
This Episode: A close reading of Mill’s classic argument for robust free speech.
The full playlist. Includes:
- Immanuel Kant on the limits of reason. Critique of Pure Reason.
- William James on pacifism and defeating militarism. The Moral Equivalent of War.
- Galileo Galilei on not persecuting scientists. Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina.
- Ayn Rand on individual rights. “Man’s Rights.”
- And more.
About the Professor:
Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.