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Mussolini and Kant on war and the sacrifice of individuals

In his 1932 The Doctrine of Fascism, Benito Mussolini quotes approvingly historian Ernst Renan for his “pre-fascist intuitions”: “The maxim that society exists only for the well-being and freedom of the individuals composing it does not seem to be in conformity with nature’s plans, which care only for the species and seem ready to sacrifice

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La escasez significa que la libertad es perro-come-perro. [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]

Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 11: La escasez significa

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Werner Sombart on heroes versus merchants

Those of us in the democratic-republican West often find it impossible to understand how the world could go to war so often in the 20th century. We were raised in a culture that had internalized Locke, Jefferson, Mill, and others—for whom the goal of peace and respect for others’ rights to life, liberty, and property

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TODAY: “Clash with Totalitarianisms. Poland, 1939 – 1945,”

Lecture in Warsaw, Poland, April 14.  Kongres Pamięci Narodowej REGISTER HERE Professor Stephen Hicks is joining professors Stéphane Courtois, Grzegorz Kucharczyk and David Satter to give a lecture on “Clash with Totalitarianisms. Poland, 1939 – 1945,”. Moderated by Krzysztof Ziemiec 02:00PM – 03:30PM (Poland) About the Institute Mission The mission of the Institute of National

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“Clash with Totalitarianisms. Poland, 1939 – 1945,”

Lecture in Warsaw, Poland, April 14.  Kongres Pamięci Narodowej REGISTER HERE Professor Stephen Hicks is joining professors Stéphane Courtois, Grzegorz Kucharczyk and David Satter to give a lecture on “Clash with Totalitarianisms. Poland, 1939 – 1945,”. Moderated by Krzysztof Ziemiec 02:00PM – 03:30PM (Poland) About the Institute Mission The mission of the Institute of National

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“Clash with Totalitarianisms. Poland, 1939 – 1945,”

Lecture in Warsaw, Poland, April 14.  Kongres Pamięci Narodowej REGISTER HERE Professor Stephen Hicks is joining professors Stéphane Courtois, Grzegorz Kucharczyk and David Satter to give a lecture on “Clash with Totalitarianisms. Poland, 1939 – 1945,”. Moderated by Krzysztof Ziemiec 02:00PM – 03:30PM (Poland) About the Institute Mission The mission of the Institute of National

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Zarathustra’s predatory collectivism

Nietzsche is usually labelled an individualist. One of the more controversy-generating claims of my Nietzsche and the Nazis appears in Section 34, where I argue that Nietzsche is more collectivist than individualist.[1] Re-reading Zarathustra I came across two more relevant quotations. In both cases, Zarathustra is speaking: “A thousand goals there have been until now,

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Dr. Stephen Hicks | The Glenn Beck Show | Ep 15 [In case you missed it]

Glenn sits down with Dr. Stephen Hicks, Philosophy Professor at Rockford University. In this episode, they discuss definitions and differences between capitalism and socialism and the moralities behind them. They also cover: Postmodernism and its ever-growing presence in our society, Existentialism by means of Friedrich Nietzsche’s claim that God is dead, the rise of science

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