On her schools: And I repeat this contrast quotation from Kant: For more, from my Philosophy of Education series. Montessori, at time 1:35:49 in this video, in connection with Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand’s endorsement of Montessori’s principles: Kant, at 1:14:53 time in this video, in context of discussing Idealist philosophies principles and Plato’s and Kant’s […]
Montessori quote on choice in education Read More »
Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks & Elizabeth Hayes of Students For Liberty Discuss The Immorality & Impracticality of Socialism. What is Socialism? Is it moral or immoral? What explains its continued popularity despite its history of failures? Recorded in Washington, DC, Professor Hicks responds to interviewer Elizabeth Hayes in this interview. Related: “The Crisis
My talk on the theme: Are the Culture Wars the new Cold War? 6:15 PM (BR) Inscrição (link to site).
Today: Brazil: Fórum da Liberdade: Voçê é Livre para Discordar? Read More »
El populismo triunfa donde falla la educación Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Para Hicks, estas escuelas de pensamiento están en constante conflicto. Por un lado, se encuentran los ídolos del sistema educativo de América Latina: Rousseau, Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Foucault, Sartre, Kant, Nietzsche y Derrida. Por el otro, tenemos a Bacon, Locke, Newton, Smith,
Most people accused of having big egos have, in fact, small and fragile egos. Don’t let little-ego stop you. Unleash your big-ego — the one that thinks ambitiously, faces facts, admits mistakes, and goes for it—it being the best version of you possible. Related: “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us about Life.” The Wall Street Journal.
On big egos and small egos Read More »
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
Stephen Hicks with TAS CEO Jennifer Grossman and artist Michael Newberry. Newberry is a neo-romanticist painter based in Idyllwild, California. He blends a variety of influences, notably Rembrandt and the French Impressionists, and is the author of the outstanding new book Evolution Through Art. Related: Professor Hicks’s classic essay, “Why Art Became Ugly.” And this
Art and Ideas: Michael Newberry & Stephen Hicks [In Case You Missed It] Read More »
I will be speaking (in English!) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, tomorrow afternoon.