The well-prepared Ricardo Lopes from Portugal interviewed me on the charged question of Nietzsche’s relationship to the National Socialists.
Dissenter interview on Nietzsche, the Nazis, and the Pomo Read More »
My article, “Does Kant Have a Place in Classical Liberalism?” (English) was translated by the indefatigable Matheus Pacini into Portuguese: “KANT TEM LUGAR NO LIBERALISMO CLÁSSICO?” From the description: “Stephen R. C. Hicks argues that if our case for liberty comes from a mysterious other realm, then perhaps we have no case at all. He
Cato Unbound article on Kant translated into Portuguese Read More »
In 1985, the historian of philosophy John Passmore claimed: “The Kantian revival is so widespread as scarcely to lend itself to illustration.” (p. 87) For more on the implications of Passmore’s strong claim and its implications for postmodernism, see p. 87 of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism from Rousseau to Foucault. Information about other editions and translations
John Passmore in *Explaining Postmodernism* — on Kant’s significance Read More »
From Jacob Burckhardt’s great The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860): In the Middle Ages, “Man was conscious of himself only as a member of a race, people, party, family, or corporation — only through some general category. In Italy this veil first melted into air; an objective treatment and consideration of the state
Individualism, and why I love the Renaissance Read More »
Juxtaposing quotations from Michel Foucault (d. 1984) and Friedrich Nietzsche (d. 1900). First, here is Foucault: “All knowledge rests upon injustice; there is no right, not even in the act of knowing, to truth or a foundation for truth; and the instinct for knowledge is malicious (something murderous, opposed to the happiness of mankind).”[1] Friedrich
Foucault as Nietzschean: on knowledge as injustice Read More »
Professor Stephen Hicks’s public lecture, “Postmodernism and the Verdict of History,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 9, 2018.
My *Postmodernism and the Verdict of History* public lecture Read More »
The old philosophy question — How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? — has gotten a bad rap.* Yet three important answers contest for dominance: 1. An infinite number of angels can dance on the head of a pin. As purely spiritual beings, angels do not take up physical space, so
So how many angels *can* dance on the head of a pin? Read More »
Romance is in the air, thus my annual reposting of my round-up of philosophers talking to their sweethearts – collected from conversations overheard at smoky cafés, college libraries, mountain caves, and seminar rooms the world over. The Aristotelian: “I wish to marry you, for I know that my happiness, both of body and soul, is
“Should I marry you?” How philosophers answer the big question Read More »