Revisiting this deeply personal question: Do I have what it takes to be a philosopher-king? Maybe not, according to Plato’s Republic Book 6 description of the true philosopher’s character. A real philosopher, he says: 1. Will love the pursuit of truth [485b],2. Will be indifferent to the pleasures of the body [485d],3. Will not be […]
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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 8: El Capitalismo Liberal
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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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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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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I’ll be traveling to speak at these in-person events over the next month or so: Belgrade, Serbia, April 11, 2023, Lecture: “Love and Hate in Uncertain Times.” Debate: “Is Objectivism an Open or Closed Philosophy?” Ayn Rand Center Europe. Warsaw, Poland, April 14, 2023. “Clash with Totalitarianisms, 1939-1945.” Institute of National Remembrance. Stockholm, Sweden, May 9-12, 2023, various
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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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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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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
My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We will be serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. Find the English version here: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and
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