Interview with entrepreneur John Chisholm
Stephen Hicks interview with Silicon Valley entrepreneur John Chisholm at Rockford University.
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Conclusion: Nazi and Anti-Nazi Philosophies [N&N audiobook]
Part 8 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 8. Nazi and Anti-Nazi Philosophies [mp3] [YouTube] [7 minutes] 40. Hindsight and future resolve [mp3] [YouTube] 41. Principled anti-Nazism [mp3] [YouTube] Previous: Part 1. Introduction: Philosophy and History [mp3] [YouTube] Part 2. Explaining Nazism Philosophically [mp3] [YouTube] Part 3.
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Nietzsche as a Proto-Nazi [N&N audiobook]
Part 7 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 7. Nietzsche as a Proto-Nazi [mp3] [YouTube] [27 minutes] 34. Anti-individualism and collectivism [mp3] [YouTube] 35. Conflict of groups [mp3] [YouTube] 36. Instinct, passion, and anti-reason [mp3] [YouTube] 37. Conquest and war [mp3] [YouTube] 38. Authoritarianism [mp3] [YouTube] 39.
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John Chisholm to visit Rockford University
John Chisholm is a serial entrepreneur based in San Francisco. He graduated from MIT and Harvard and then worked for Hewlett-Packard before starting his own companies, Decisive Technology and CustomerSat. I interviewed him for Kaizen in 2010. Here is his “Release Your Inner Company” TedX talk from 2011, in which he shares lessons of success
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Video interview with Professor Nicholas Capaldi
Professor Capaldi lectured recently at Rockford University on the topic of “The Lockean Liberty Narrative versus the Rousseau Equality Narrative, and How These Narratives Explain Everything.” Afterward we discussed his themes — the conflict between the Lockean and Rousseauian narratives, enterprise and civil societies, the nature of the corporation, corporate philanthropy, cronyism, and more. Professor
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Nietzsche against the Nazis [N&N audiobook]
Part 6 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 6. Nietzsche against the Nazis [mp3] [YouTube] [15 minutes] 27. Five differences [mp3] [YouTube] 28. On the “blond beast” and racism [mp3] [YouTube] 29. On contemporary Germans [mp3] [YouTube] 30. On anti-Semitism [mp3] [YouTube] 31. On the Jews [mp3]
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Nicholas Capaldi to speak at Rockford University
On September 17, Dr. Nicholas Capaldi will visit the campus to speak on “The Lockean Liberty Narrative vs. the Rousseau Equality Narrative, and How These Narratives Explain Everything.” Professor Capaldi is the Legendre-Soulé Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics at Loyola University, New Orleans. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D.
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Russian-style philosophy: fisticuffs and guns
From this week: ‘MOSCOW – An argument in southern Russia over philosopher Immanuel Kant, the author of “Critique of Pure Reason,” devolved into pure mayhem when one debater shot the other.’ But note this from 2009: So in preparation for your next philosophy conference in Russia, be sure to sharpen your arguments — as well
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