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The “Juliet is the sun” metaphor

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Here Professor Hicks discusses the central metaphor from a passage in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as an example of method. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: The Semmelweis case. Next: Education’s epistemological mission. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Hindsight and future resolve [Section 40 of Nietzsche and the Nazis]

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[This is Section 40 of Nietzsche and the Nazis.] Part 8. Conclusion: Nazi and Anti-Nazi Philosophies 40. Hindsight and future resolve We know from historical hindsight that it took a world war to defeat the Nazis. Tens of millions of human beings died in that war. Actual human beings who lived, loved, cried, had dreams—and

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Gail Wynand’s power strategy (Part 1)

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Like Peter Keating, Gail Wynand pursues a use-and-be-used career strategy. Wynand uses strong-arm tactics when necessary in building up his newspaper’s market; he manipulates his employees with money to break their integrity; he fires those like Dominique who refuse to bend; and he lets the lowest-common-denominator of public taste dictate the content of the newspaper

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