Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy
From 2006, an eight-minute documentary clip with my answer. Topics covered: (1) National Socialist philosophy, (2) the Nazi Party’s original 25-point platform — collectivism, economic socialism, nationalism, authoritarianism — (3) negotiations to merge with the German Socialist Party, (4) Hitler and Goebbels speeches on socialism, and (5) the symbolism of the swastika. From 2006, an
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A good, short essay by classicist James Romm, “What Would Socrates Do?” on philosophers who have had integrity and those who have not.
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Each a full-lecture explanation of the philosophy in general and its applications to curriculum, selection of teachers, methods of instruction, assessment, and school design. The six are: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Behaviorism, Existentialism, and Objectivism. Two more forthcoming: Marxism, Postmodernism. Related: The full course.
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Sandra Woien, Ph.D., a philosopher at Arizona State University, has put together this fine volume of eighteen essays on Peterson’s thinking. Michael Shellenberger wrote the foreword. I have an essay in the book on Peterson’s pragmatic approach to religion. Here is the Table of Contents: Part I The Culture Warrior 1 1. Jordan Peterson, Secular
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In collaboration with Sprouts Schools, I welcome you to view this excerpt: The script was excerpted from my book Nietzsche and the Nazis. The audiobook edition has a gratifying 3.7 millions listens so far. Check out all three video-animations at the Sprouts Schools channel, which together have over 500,00 views at YouTube so far: Part
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Alexander Dugin is the most well-known philosopher in Russia. New to my Texts in Philosophy page, for use in my courses, is this translation of Dugin’s 1997 article “Fascism—Borderless and Red”. His influence upon Vladimir Putin and Putin’s inner circle is real but its degree is debated by experts on current Russian politics. Dugin was
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In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers