Lawrence Reed’s encomium for the man who became president of the USA one hundred years ago today. “In 1924, a man named Charles Gardner wrote to Coolidge to protest the Republican Party’s nomination of a black dentist for a New York congressional seat. … “ Full article at the FEE site. Related: The basic principles […]
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The Kindle edition of my Nietzsche and the Nazis was my first ever Kindle publication, released just before the hardcover edition in 2010. It’s now out in many translations and in audiobook, and I’m well pleased with its track record. The audiobook has over 4.8 million views, which is gratifying. Here also is the original
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Before Engels wised up, the proposed title of Communist Manifesto was Confession of Faith. As Engels wrote in a letter to Marx in late 1847, before the work’s publication in 1848: “Give a little thought to the Confession of Faith. I think we would do best to abandon the catechetical form and call the thing
A Communist Manifesto — or a Confession of Faith? Read More »
Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential philosopher in the last two centuries. But how could the strict Kant have anything to do with the often-nihilistic modernist and postmodernist art worlds? In this interview conducted by artist and art critic Jan-Ove Tuv, philosopher Stephen Hicks discuss Kant’s general philosophy and his philosophy of art. Transcription
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Anton Chekhov is a great writer, in large part because he follows ruthlessly a principle of selectivity named after him: “Chekhov’s gun” is principle of writing that says that every element in a narrative must be essential and irreplaceable, and anything that is neither must be eliminated. But I don’t like reading Chekhov. I read
Chekhov’s artistic choices (and the artist as a god) Read More »
Stephen Hicks discusses postmodernist Henry Giroux on education. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. See also Professor Hicks’s full series on Philosophy of Education at YouTube via these playlists.
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Ayn Rand Center Europe invited me and and Craig Biddle to Belgrade to debate whether Objectivism is an open or closed philosophy. I argued for open and Mr. Biddle argued for closed. The following recording of the debate does not show the slides I used with quotations and other materials, so I am posting my
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The character Gail Wynand pursues a use-and-be-used career strategy. Wynand uses strong-arm tactics when necessary in building up his newspaper’s market; he manipulates his employees with money to break their integrity; he fires those (like Dominique) who refuse to bend; and he lets the lowest-common-denominator of public taste dictate the content of the newspaper he
Wynand’s power strategy [80th anniversary of *The Fountainhead* series] Read More »