My essay “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand” is a 43-page study published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (2009). Text version. Audiobook version: Part One, Part Two. The abstract: “Philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand are often identified as strong critics of altruism and arch advocates of egoism. In this essay, Stephen Hicks argues […]
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Trailer here: “Many of you repeatedly asked us to cover Nietzsche’s thought-provoking ideas. We very lucky to have collaborated on this project with Professor Stephen Hicks — a Canadian-American philosopher, who published several texts on Nietzsche, including the book Nietzsche and the Nazis. The full description with video links here.
Wisdom from the grave: “Friedrich Nietzsche’s grandmother had some private letters in her possession from the circle surrounding Goethe. These letters came into the possession of Nietzsche’s aunt and uncle—who destroyed them. The uncle’s reason was this: ‘The brutal revelation of private relations upset him deeply. He did not grant the public any right to
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Friedrich Nietzsche“From High Mountains: Aftersong” O noon of life! O time to celebrate!O summer garden!Restlessly happy and expectant, standing,Watching all day and night, for friends I wait: Where are you, friends? Come! It is time! It’s late! The glacier’s gray adorned itself for youToday with roses,The brook seeks you, and full of longing risesThe wind,
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National Socialist ideologue Ernst Krieck had little patience for the claim that Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy was a forerunner of National Socialist politics. Frequently Nietzsche came up positively in Nazi speeches and writings. But Krieck scoffed: “All in all, Nietzsche was an opponent of socialism, an opponent of nationalism, and an opponent of racial thinking. Apart
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Interviewer: Keegan Kjeldsen. Topics 1. Beyond Good and Evil’s perspectival epistemology, 2. What the postmoderns took from Nietzsche, and 3. The individualist/anti-individualist contrasts between Ayn Rand and Friedrich Nietzsche. Show notes with timestamps just below: Note developed by @gingerbreadzak 00:00 Stephen Hicks recounts his academic journey and interest in Nietzsche, starting from undergraduate education to
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Stephen Hicks, Professor of Philosophy (USA) and John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister (Australia) discuss what the National Socialists of Germany adapted, controversially, from the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Related: Professor Hicks’s full book treatment of the topic:
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Audio version of my 42-page journal article “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand.” Table of Contents: Part One: On Critiquing Altruism [MP3] [YouTube] [64 minutes] Three Nietzsches and Ayn RandSome Intellectuals on Nietzsche and RandEgoism, altruism, and “selfishness”A Nietzschean sketch: * God is dead * Nihilism’s symptoms * Two bio-psychological types * Psychology and morality *
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Quotations on Nazi socialism and fascism. Excerpt from Nietzsche and the Nazis.
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Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. 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