Saint-Just at *The New York Times*
“One does not make a revolution by halves … . We must not only punish traitors, but all people who are not enthusiastic.”
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Philosophy
Nietzsche’s Sister and *The Will to Power* [Open College transcript]
We’re posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the sixth: OC6: Nietzsche’s Sister and The Will to Power. “The story of The Will to Power all by itself has the makings of a dramatic documentary film. It has this tormented genius, Friedrich Nietzsche, already recognized as one of the great
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1776 in Moscow, Paris, Salzburg, Philadephia, and Kirkcaldy
The American Founders sign the Declaration in Philadelphia. Adam Smith of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, publishes The Wealth of Nations. In Paris, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier demonstrates the composition of air. In Salzburg, 20-year-old Mozart begins work on Piano Concerto No. 9. The Bolshoi Ballet is founded in Moscow. What a year.
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TAS livestream upcoming on Mill, Objectivity, and Liberal Education
RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 17. In May, I led a discussion with the Atlas Intellectuals on George Orwell’s review of The Totalitarian Enemy. The question Orwell asked was: Are the Nazis really Socialist? I’m returning to the group on Friday, JulY 17 at 2 pm CT to discuss the new Waterfall campaign on Objectivity, beginning with
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Rand’s “Francisco’s Money Speech” [Waterfall]
Waterfall is a guided series of courses for everyone interested in issues upon which Objectivism has something distinctive and important to say. The first course: Money. Examine the essential role that money plays in production, trade, and investment with thinkers such as Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises as your guide—as well as explore the hostility
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July 11 free Q&A at thinkspot
Happily, due to the volume of very good questions I’ve been getting, I’m doing regular Q&A livestream sessions at thinkspot. The next one (free) is July 11 at noon Central. It will be an open session focusing on the questions (so far) about toppling statues, violence from Right and Left, free will, Marxism, BLM, and
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On accepting government grants, paybacks, subsidies (and the PPP in particular)
A number of free-society individuals and organizations I’m involved with have been arguing about whether it’s appropriate to participate in the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), devised in response to the Covid-19 disruptions, shut-downs, and lockdowns. That particular program’s issues raise also more general issues of government funds. So: my thoughts. (Speaking only for
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Conservatives: Get Over the Dark Ages [Open College transcript]
We’re now posting serially the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the fifth: OC5: Conservatives: Get Over the Dark Ages. “It’s a faux pas in some intellectual circles—mostly conservative ones—to say that there was a Dark Ages in European history. …” Here is the timeline-image I refer to in the podcast/transcription. Click to enlarge.
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