Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Are respect for individual’s choices and productivity the fundamentals of social morality — or not? Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Pairs with “What is capitalism?” Description: At some point in our […]
Frankl was a Holocaust survivor and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School: I became acquainted with the last stages of corruption in my second concentration camp in Auschwitz. The gas chambers of Auschwitz were the ultimate consequence of the theory that man is nothing but the product of heredity
Viktor Frankl: On the original preparation for the gas chambers Read More »
Our one-hour conversation: Zoroaster and Zarathustra, as a literary and philosophical work, including the significance of this quotation from Thus Spake Zarathustra: “I teach you the overman. Human being is something that must be overcome.” “What is the ape to the human?” “The overman is the meaning of the earth, and do not believe those
Zarathustra and Nietzsche’s middle period (Hicks and Faulkner-Hogg) Read More »
Working definition of ressentiment — a stew of envy and self-loathing that has curdled for a long time. Part of the Encroaching Darkness series.
Ressentiment — clip from James Lindsay discussion Read More »
James Lindsay and I had two conversations about postmodernism and critical theory, hosted by Michael O’Fallon: The Seeds of Collectivism.Encroaching Darkness.
Critical Theory and/or Postmodernism: Hicks, Lindsay, O’Fallon Read More »
I was jointly interviewed by two smart younger guys, Truman of Return to Reason and Kevin of Engineering Politics: What are the major differences between Karl Marx’s socialism and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s socialism? Is Rousseau really more important than Marx in today’s culture wars? What does being an adult mean, now that we’re so rich and
Marx now matters less than Rousseau Read More »
Sprouts educational animators and Professor Stephen Hicks collaborated to produce this 3-part series on Nietzsche’s analysis of master/slave psychologies and moralities. Here’s the seven-minute Part 3:
Nietzsche: Masters and Slaves [Sprouts collaboration, Part 3] Read More »
Reviving this conversation with Ron Renaud on what matters from the history of philosophy, what’s up with the chaos at universities, and subjectivity vs. objectivity Related: Stephen Hicks in conversation with Jordan Peterson (U. of Toronto), John Anderson (former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), and the Triggernometry duo, Francis and Konstantin (London, England).
Uncompromised Talk — with Ron Renaud Read More »