Joanna and her son had a rough relationship, and both spoke their minds. From a letter she wrote to young Arthur Schopenhauer toward the end of 1807: Source is here. More letters from his parents here.
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A New Yorker article explains “Why thinkers of every political persuasion keep finding inspiration in the philosopher.” That’s a long way to come for a philosopher who in his lifetime was dismissed as a non-philosopher by the official philosophers of the day. Biographer Marianne Cowen reports that Nietzsche’s colleagues told their students not to take
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My purpose at thinkspot will be to tackle the big questions and engage with with my fellow thinkspot members. Here’s two minutes with me on some of the issues I’ll be addressing. The site will be launching in October, and there are currently hundreds of thousands of people on the waitlist to join the site.
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I’m happy to be joining some of today’s brightest minds at thinkspot. For November’s launch, we will be hosting a livestream event featuring a Q&A with me. To participate in the livestream, sign up today at thinkspot.com. Use my promo code “Hicks” when signing up to be bumped to the top of the waitlist. If you’re
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Young Americans for Liberty is a dynamic student group with chapters all over the country, so I’m happy to be participating in this regional conference in the Detroit suburb of Southfield. Title and description of my talk: “Why Young Socialists Don’t Love Us — But They Should” Description: “The historical record of socialist poverty and
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My thinkspot site is launching in November. Here’s another trailer we made. There are currently hundreds of thousands of people on the waitlist to join the site. If you use my promo code “Hicks” when signing up, you will be bumped to the top of the waitlist. If you’re already on the waitlist but want
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The next three episodes are recorded and now into production by Possibly Correct Publications: OC 27. You Should Love Money OC 28. Blame Keynes for Everything? OC 29. War, Socialism, and William James The podcasts will be available free via the usual social media sites, and the transcriptions will be available to subscribers at my
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From rarddit.com: My husband and I are both academics. We’ve been married for 3 years, and been together for 6. He is an academic philosopher and I am a physicist. He has recently expressed displeasure that I’ve never seriously engaged with his work. Now, I’ve read a bit of the classics of philosophy, but my
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