Reprising this about Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio [Die Entführung aus dem Serail], which has a charming scene indicating England’s eighteenth-century reputation in Europe as a land of liberty. A woman named Konstanze and her English servant Blonde have been abducted by pirates and sold to Pasha Selim. In Act II, the Pasha’s crude overseer, […]
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From seven years ago. Households vary in size, so take that into account when interpreting. Also: Median income for Jamaican-American households was about $58K. For Nigerian-American households, it was about $65K. Here’s another data-aggregating page.
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Reprising this chart which integrates the major answers to the question: What makes liberal capitalism good? The chart diagrams the positive claims about liberal capitalism by its defenders — John Locke, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, and others. For elaboration, see my book Liberalism Pro and
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The questions: Modernism and the Enlightenment—what are they? Is philosophy a science? Is epistemology or ethics most important? Can you explain briefly Foucault, Rorty, Lyotard, Derrida? Why do the post-moderns reject the modern? Sense-perception—are the arguments against its validity perverse? What’s the Representational theory of perception? What did Kant think of Rousseau? What makes Rousseau
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In this series of 29 short videos, the artist Michael Newberry discusses the meaning and importance of various works in the history of art and sculpture. 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
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“Ayn Rand”The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2001 I wrote the article on novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. My entry focuses on her ethical philosophy. The articles are periodically reviewed by encyclopedia’s editors and authors, and here is the latest.
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Michael Newberry, Commentaries on 29 Great Art Works 1. Geometric Warrior, 8th century BCE 2. Kroisos, 540-515 BCE 3. Aphrodite by Praxiteles 4th century BCE 4. Doryphoros by Polykleitos, c. 450 BCE 5. Hera of Samos, 560 BCE 6. Battle of Alexander, 250 BCE 7. Three Goddesses, c. 438-32 BCE 8. Ulysses in the Land
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Educación Liberal y Sus Críticas Posmodernas Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Es una obviedad decir que la educación está politizada. Sin embargo, mi objetivo aquí es mostrar que las batallas politizadas por la educación no se tratan principalmente de política sino de filosofía. Las batallas políticas toman temperatura, no sólo porque es alto lo
“La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo.” Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. ¿Estamos luchando contra los posmodernistas con una mano atada a la espalda? Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. English version: The Spectator, Portuguese translation, and Audio version. Para más artículos en español visite el siguiente link: Stephen Hicks en español
Join The Atlas Society for a special webinar discussion with Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks, and Senior Fellow, Robert Tracinski, on Wednesday, May 25 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET where they will cover how we should understand art and the process of creation along with an Objectivist perspective on current events surrounding the recent Buffalo shooter and his