Stephen Hicks

15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Eleven: Existentialism and Education What did the major Existentialist thinkers—Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre in particular—believe and how they apply it to education? How are “Existence precedes essence” and “The Myth of Sisyphus” relevant to deciding our purposes in life? Previous lectures in the series: […]

15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Ten: Behaviorism and Education. What did the major Behaviorist thinkers, and B.F. Skinner in particular, believe and how they apply it to education? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance? Part Two: Reality:

Russia as the surprise center of internationalism: 1922: Workers of the world, unite! Lenin channeling Karl Marx. 2022: Christians of the world, unite! Putin, channeled by these guys:

My three-lecture tour got me this photo op:

Americans and Canadians write it as they say it: “February 22, 2022” is written as 2/2/22. Others write it from smallest to largest unit of time: day/month/year, so 22/2/22. As for the numerology, various sources have it that 2 means balance, femininity, intuition, peace, union, new beginnings, and related stuff. In Pythagoras’s system, 2 is

The structure overlooking Lake Michigan is magnificent. Paired here with a painting from the museum’s collection—another love-of-light-and-space work.