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My essay “Educating for Entrepreneurship”

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[The English text is below was also translated into Polish and published in the education journal Przegląd Pedagogiczny.] Educating for Entrepreneurship Stephen R.C. HicksDepartment of Philosophy and Center for Ethics and EntrepreneurshipRockford UniversityRockford, Illinois, USA Introduction: Japanese visitors to American schools Recently a team of Japanese investigators come to the United States to study its […]

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Two fine commencement addresses: Bloomberg and McRaven

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Michael R. Bloomberg’s “Don’t Major in Intolerance.” Delivered at Harvard University. (Via Z.C.) William H. McRaven’s “Life Lessons From Navy SEAL Training.” Delivered at the University of Texas at Austin.

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John Enright’s “Kant”

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Kant I really want To understand Kant And all of his vaunted system. But somehow my brain resists him. I’d like to take up the helm On a trip through his noumenal realm And soak up all the glories Of his cognitive categories. But somehow my mind cries: “No! It’s no place you want to

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Polish translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis published

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The Polish translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis has now officially been published by the Fundacji Fuhrmanna (Fuhrmann Foundation) as Nietzsche i naziści, moje spojrzenia. Many thanks to Dr. Przemysław Zientkowski for arranging this translation and publication, as well as to the translator, Izabela Kłodzinska. The cover was designed by Bartek.Balaa.Nowak. Information about other editions

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Manet on a woman’s tellingly-placed feet

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Add this to your “Why Art Education Is Important” file: “You can deduce everything about a woman from the way she holds her feet,” Edouard Manet once said to Stephen Mallarmé. “Seductive women always turn their feet out. Don’t expect to get anywhere with a woman who turns her feet in.”[1] Which makes this painting

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Montaigne on educating for independence

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“If he [the student] embraces the opinions of Xenophon and Plato by his own reasoning, they will no longer be theirs but his. Who follows another follows nothing. He finds nothing, and indeed is seeking nothing. ‘We are not under a king; each man should look after himself.’ Truth and reason are common to all

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Lisbon, Portugal talk upcoming: Did the Nazis use or abuse Nietzsche’s philosophy?

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On Thursday, May 22, I’ll be giving a lecture at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. My title is: “Did the National Socialists Use or Abuse Nietzsche’s Philosophy?” The talk will be based on themes from my Nietzsche and the Nazis. Many thanks to Professor João Espada of CUP’s Institute for Political Studies for

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