Philosophically, Jordan Peterson is a kind of Pragmatist. Religiously, he is a kind of Christian. What does that combination mean? My Open College podcast on “Jordan Peterson’s Religion” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1J65eVP6to): Related: My full Open College podcast series.
Join me Today @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything About Philosophy” event where I will answer questions on philosophy in general and Objectivism in particular. Not yet on Clubhouse? Use this link HERE to get your invite to the platform.
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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.
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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 »