¿Por qué la filosofía comienza con Thales? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/. Original English version: “Why Philosophy Begins with Thales.”
¿Por qué la filosofía comienza con Thales? [[Why Philosophy Begins with Thales] 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
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Tonight, the final live session of The Capitalism Course, live session: “Is Capitalism Good or Bad for the Environment?” When: Wednesday, December 22, 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Where: MyJunto. Registration is free and open. The whole course series of topics: “The Capitalism Course” To register, go to MyJunto or visit this Facebook announcement page.
I’ll be participating in this discussion group tonight, based on Critical Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, who’ve done us all a great favor by publishing this 2020 book. Here’s a sample summing-up of where we are now: “in Social Justice scholarship, we continually read that patriarchy, white supremacy, imperialism cisnormativity, heteronormativity, ableism,
Pluckrose and Lindsay on the Gospel of Social Justice — book club discussion tonight Read More »
Some sources of Wokism are psychological and some are intellectual, from groundwork laid by generations of thinkers. Carter and guest Stephen Hicks take up these questions: What is cancel culture — in contrast to liberal culture? What is the Enlightenment? Why does Rousseau matter? Was Kant’s “Copernican Revolution” part of the Enlightenment or the Counter-Enlightenment?
Dangerous Thoughts — on Critical Theory and the origins of Woke Read More »
Part Two: “Nietzsche: Sheep and Wolves” (6 minutes). Part One: “Nietzsche: God Is Dead” (7 minutes). Related: My book Nietzsche and the Nazis: print and e-book via Amazon, audiobook at YouTube. My article, “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand,” contrasting the two great thinkers: print (PDF) and audiobook at YouTube.
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The influential political philosopher Leo Strauss made this strong claim: “The relation of Nietzsche to the German Nazi is comparable to the relation of Rousseau to the French Revolution.” (1941 lecture, “German Nihilism,” later published in the journal *Interpretation*, p. 372) Is he correct? My book-length analysis of the connections (and disconnections) between Nietzsche and
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I enjoyed both of this week’s episodes, one as speaker and one listening to the always-worth-listening-to John McWhorter. My earlier-this-year conversation with Konstantin and Francis:
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