In his notebooks, Walt Whitman wrote: “I never yet knew how it felt to think I stood in the presence of my superior.—If the presence of God were made visible immediately before me, I could not abase myself.” In his Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote: “The real test of being in the presence of […]
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Is Objectivism a “Closed System” or an “Open System”? Stephen Hicks heads to Belgrade, Serbia, from April 10-14th to speak at Ayn Rand Center Europe’s New Intellectuals Conference 2023. In addition to giving a lecture, Love and Hate in Uncertain Times, he’ll take the stage with Craig Biddle, Director of Education at The Objective Standard Institute, to
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In Buenos Aires, Argentina, I sat down and responded to 22 questions from Charlie Zagoren and Maria Marty. The questions range over ethics, art, politics, religion, and autobiography. Related: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, for my views on other philosophers:
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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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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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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 7: El poder es
Stephen Hicks will travel to Utah State University on Thursday, April 6th at 7:00 PM Mountain Time to speak at an open event hosted by the university’s Turning Point USA Chapter. He’ll speak on Good Woke, Bad Woke (Our Debates Over Liberty, Equality, and Progress). If you’re local to the area and want to join Dr. Hicks, you
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series
“Doryphoros” by Polykleitos, c. 450-440 BCE [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »