Our one-hour conversation: Zoroaster and Zarathustra, as a literary and philosophical work, including the significance of this quotation from Thus Spake Zarathustra: “I teach you the overman. Human being is something that must be overcome.” “What is the ape to the human?” “The overman is the meaning of the earth, and do not believe those […]
Zarathustra and Nietzsche’s middle period (Hicks and Faulkner-Hogg) Read More »
Working definition of ressentiment — a stew of envy and self-loathing that has curdled for a long time. Part of the Encroaching Darkness series.
Ressentiment — clip from James Lindsay discussion Read More »
James Lindsay and I had two conversations about postmodernism and critical theory, hosted by Michael O’Fallon: The Seeds of Collectivism.Encroaching Darkness.
Critical Theory and/or Postmodernism: Hicks, Lindsay, O’Fallon Read More »
I was jointly interviewed by two smart younger guys, Truman of Return to Reason and Kevin of Engineering Politics: What are the major differences between Karl Marx’s socialism and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s socialism? Is Rousseau really more important than Marx in today’s culture wars? What does being an adult mean, now that we’re so rich and
Marx now matters less than Rousseau Read More »
Sprouts educational animators and Professor Stephen Hicks collaborated to produce this 3-part series on Nietzsche’s analysis of master/slave psychologies and moralities. Here’s the seven-minute Part 3:
Nietzsche: Masters and Slaves [Sprouts collaboration, Part 3] Read More »
Source: Nathan Belofsky, Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages (Penguin, 2013), p. 116. Online at Google Books. [If only the goat had been from West India. Classic mistake.] But seriously: Why? The best theories, diligently applied: We’ve read the texts, with their mix of ancient traditions, magic, and alchemy.
Death by doctor — the king’s medical treatment Read More »
Reviving this conversation with Ron Renaud on what matters from the history of philosophy, what’s up with the chaos at universities, and subjectivity vs. objectivity Related: Stephen Hicks in conversation with Jordan Peterson (U. of Toronto), John Anderson (former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), and the Triggernometry duo, Francis and Konstantin (London, England).
Uncompromised Talk — with Ron Renaud Read More »
Related: “From Modern to Postmodern Art and Beyond: Why Art became Ugly.” Foundation for the Advancement of art lecture.
There’s a logic to the trendline of postmodern art Read More »