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 […]
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Doe the heart have its reasons, which reason does not know? Lycurgus (d. 730 BCE): When falls on man the anger of the gods, First from his mind they banish understanding. Advice: Use your emotions, don’t let them use you
Do you control your life? From this Archbridge Institute report by Clay Routledge on existential agency in America, a key finding — note this big generation gap: A minority (39%) of American adults under the age of 25 agree or strongly agree that they have the power to live a meaningful life. For all age
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Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series will be published at CEE Video Channel beginning October 2021. At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some
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“Don’t be like the rest of them, darling.”
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¿Por qué el arte se volvió feo? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. La pregunta importante es: ¿Por qué el mundo del arte del siglo XX adoptó lo feo y lo ofensivo? ¿Por qué ha derramado sus energías creativas y su astucia en lo trivial y autoproclamado como sin sentido? Para más artículos en español:
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Professor Jerry Kirkpatrick, emeritus professor at California State Polytechnic University, is always worth reading. His new collection of short essays — Applying Principles: Short Essays Based on the Philosophy of Ayn Rand, Economics of Ludwig von Mises, and Psychology of Edith Packer — collects dozens of his short essays on topics ranging from philosophy to
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Well said by Cornel West and Jeremy Tate, in response to yet another university’s shrinking its vision: “We must be vigilant and draw the distinction between Western civilization and philosophy on the one hand, and Western crimes on the other. The crimes spring from certain philosophies and certain aspects of the civilization, not all of
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