Philosophy

My ongoing series on the great philosophers, each episode devoted to a key text with my commentary.

For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Aristotle, Books 1-4 of Nicomachean Ethics (c. 335 BCE) Alain Badiou, “The Adventure of French Philosophy” (2004). Immanuel Kant, On Education (1803). Maximilien Robespierre, The Cult of the Supreme Being (1794).

Title: “Is Dugin Fascist, Neo-Marxist, or What? (And what Is Dugin’s Political Advice to Putin?“) Description: Alexander Dugin claims that Fascism and Communism are dead—and that Liberalism is evil. So a fourth political theory is needed for Russia’s future. What alternative does he propose? And is it really a fourth alternative—or a re-packaging of old

“The fiercest fanatics are often selfish people who were forced, by innate shortcomings or external circumstances, to lose faith in their own selves. They separate the excellent instrument of their selfishness from their ineffectual selves and attach it to the service of some holy cause.” (Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of

I will be giving these public lectures in Poland in December: “Does Dugin Really Have a Political ‘Fourth Way’?” Location: Gdánsk, Museum of the Second World War. Date: December 16. “Mind-shift for 21st-Century Education: Entrepreneurism.” Location: Polish Educational Research Association. Date: December 13. “Entrepreneurial Thinking in Life for Students: How Can Educators Cultivate It?” University

A good example in The Wall Street Journal, reporting on a study published in Lancet: Climate Change Saves More Lives Than You’d ThinkEight times as many people die from cold as heat, and the fix for both is access to cheap fuel.