Pairing: Van Gogh’s and Wyeth’s boots
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Why Humans are Born Fit for Freedom (Part I) [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: ““People are scum.” “Mankind is a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be human.” “Whenever cynics express themselves, I’m tempted to retort that philosophy is autobiography and they should put their claims in the first-person: “I am scum.” “I am a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be me.” “A colleague once took me up
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German translation of “The Best Work of the Best Minds”
My article, “The Best Work of the Best Minds,” is available in German translation. The text is below, and here is a PDF version. Here also is a Kindle version of the original English article. * * * Die höchsten Leistungen der besten Verstände Stephen R. C. Hicks Übersetzung von Anja Hartleb-Parson Ich sitze am
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Are We Too Wicked for Freedom? [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “An ancient myth tells of a poor young man who found a magical ring. The young man’s name was Gyges. He was a shepherd, responsible for tending his village’s sheep as they grazed in the summer meadows away in the hills. His job was lonely, poorly paid,
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New addition in Philosophy’s Longest Sentences competition
Which philosopher writes the most mind-numbingly long sentences? Ken Brown sends in a new contender — a 179 word-marathon from John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism: “But inasmuch as the cultivation in ourselves of a sensitive feeling on the subject of veracity, is one of the most useful, and the enfeeblement of that feeling one of the
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O poder não corrompe — o caráter é o que realmente importa
Em colunas anteriores, tratamos sobre sexo e dinheiro. Agora, vamos falar de poder. Assim como o sexo e o dinheiro — e a maioria das coisas importantes da vida — muitas bobagens são ditas sobre o poder. Talvez a principal de todas elas seja a frase frequentemente citada “o poder corrompe, e o poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente”. Através de
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Puritan Valentine’s Day thoughts
And: “Should I Marry You?” Answers From the Philosophers. At The Good Life:
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“Should I Marry You?” Answers From the Philosophers [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Romance is in the air, and even the lovers of wisdom are not immune from its allure. “So here is a round-up of philosophers talking to their sweethearts – collected from conversations overheard at smoky cafés, college libraries, mountain paths, and seminar rooms the world over. The Aristotelian: “I
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