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Professor Hicks Answers 22 Questions about Philosophy Read More »
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 3: El liberalismo es
El liberalismo es amoralmente egoísta [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español] Read More »
Getting some flak for the placement of Michel Foucault on this spectrum between Marx and Heidegger. So: remember that Foucault himself said: “I am simply a Nietzschean.” And: “Heidegger has always been for me the essential philosopher.”* Heidegger was a member of the National Socialist Party in the 1930s and 1940s. Foucault was a member
Why Foucault as “basically a Nazi”? Read More »
Well said: Another favorite line from Hurston: “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” (Source: Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” 1928).
On race pride and shame (Zora Neale Hurston) Read More »
Reprising this open letter Douglass wrote in 1848 to Thomas Auld, his former master, on the tenth anniversary of his escape from slavery to freedom. TO MY OLD MASTER. Thomas Auld, Sir: The long and intimate, though by no means friendly, relation which unhappily subsisted between you and myself, leads me to hope that you
Frederick Douglass’s letter to his former master Read More »
The next three in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series will be: 26 Immanuel Kant on educating for duty and obedience. On Education. 27 John Dewey against “individualism” and for “democratic” education. Democracy and Education. 28 Thales and the beginnings of Western philosophy. And in contrast to Homer’s The Iliad. 1 Immanuel Kant
Next three in *Philosophers, Explained*: Kant, Dewey, Thales (and Homer) Read More »
In this series of 29 short videos, artist Michael Newberry discusses key works in the history of art. 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
Michael Newberry | Thoughts on Key Works of Art in History Read More »
Today the Atlas Society is having Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D. @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special 90-minute exploration and discussion on Ayn Rand’s theme “the sanction of the victim” and how evil often feeds off people trying to be good. Register here: Sanction
TODAY: “Sanction of the Victim” with Stephen Hicks and David Kelley Read More »