History of Philosophy

3 paired Kant and Mussolini quotes on individuals, reason, war

The connections between philosophy theory and political practice are often long-term. Here are three juxtapositions of quotations from philosopher Immanuel Kant in the 1780s and philosopher Gentile and politician Mussolini in the 1930s. On what’s good for the species versus what’s good for the individual: Kant,: “For all of that, this path that for the […]

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God is dead, Wolves and Sheep, Masters and Slaves — all three Nietzsche animation videos

In collaboration with Sprouts educational videos, here is our three-part series on Nietzsche’s provocative account of traditional morality and the need to go beyond good and evil. Part 1: God is Dead. (7 minutes) Part 2: Sheep and Wolves. (6 minutes) Part 3: Master and Slaves. (7 minutes)

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Viktor Frankl: On the original preparation for the gas chambers

Frankl was a Holocaust survivor and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School: I became acquainted with the last stages of corruption in my second concentration camp in Auschwitz. The gas chambers of Auschwitz were the ultimate consequence of the theory that man is nothing but the product of heredity

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¿Por qué la filosofía comienza con Thales? [[Why Philosophy Begins with Thales]

¿Por qué la filosofía comienza con Thales? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/. Original English version: “Why Philosophy Begins with Thales.”

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Nietzsche’s Sheep and Wolves (and Humans). Sprouts animation collaboration, Part 2

Part Two: “Nietzsche: Sheep and Wolves” (6 minutes). Part One: “Nietzsche: God Is Dead” (7 minutes). Related: My book Nietzsche and the Nazis: print and e-book via Amazon, audiobook at YouTube. My article, “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand,” contrasting the two great thinkers: print (PDF) and audiobook at YouTube.

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“God is dead. And we have killed him” — Sprouts animation collaboration

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him” — Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in 1882. To understand what the German philosopher meant, we collaborated with Professor Stephen Hicks on this Sprouts special series. YouTube. Related: My book Nietzsche and the Nazis: print and e-book via Amazon, audiobook at YouTube. My article, “Egoism in

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¿Tiene Kant un lugar en el liberalismo clásico?

¿Tiene Kant un lugar en el liberalismo clásico? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. La respuesta es complicada. Cualquier lectura de la gran masa de escritos de Kant nos ofrece inicialmente una mezcla de argumentos liberales y anti liberales que se encuentran e conflicto. Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. Para más artículos en

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