Use the adversity test: “In everyday life, if people intend to reach a true assessment of someone, to decide whether he is bad or good, they do not base the investigation on those periods of his life when he was untroubled by external circumstances; they look at how he behaved when he was afflicted by […]
How to judge politicians: Polybius Read More »
Source: Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We, pages 168-169. The character D-503 is talking to I-330 about the irrepressibility of the human spirit. See also “Zamyatin: Children as bold philosophers.”
Children as bold philosophers Read More »
A long form conversation with host Daxton Page. Topics: The lesson of the high-school group project. The Nazis and Nietzsche. Freud, Marx, and the Critical Theory of Marcuse. Kant and postmodernism. Was Kant an Enlightenment thinker? The importance of Rousseau. Individualism and Collectivism. My current book project. Is philosophy practical?
The Daxton Page conversation: Kant, Rousseau, Postmodernism Read More »
England’s Chris Williamson hosted me on his podcast series. We had fun. #171 – Stephen Hicks – Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies Modern Wisdom: Society & Culture Listen on Apple Podcasts Stephen Hicks is a Professor at Rockford University and an author. Socialism & Postmodernism are terms thrown around a lot but I don’t really
Chris Williamson podcast: Socialism and Pomo for Dummies Read More »
A quick announcement, with more information forthcoming: two livestream talks and a Q&A at thinkspot over three Saturdays. (The image is for my “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand”: Audio version in [mp3] or at [YouTube] [101 minutes]. The original print essay [pdf] published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.
Nietzsche versus Rand on altruism and egoism — June livestreams at thinkspot Read More »
Introductions by Dr. Karol Nawroki and Dr. Marek Szymaniak, and a summary by Dr. Piotr Kostylo. Translated by Izabela Kłodzińska. Published by the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk, Poland. Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for claiming that “God is dead” — and for the fact that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis claimed Nietzsche as
New translation: Polish edition of *Nietzsche and the Nazis* Read More »
My two-minute response to a question about Jordan Peterson, on his intellectual significance.
Two minutes on Jordan Peterson’s intellectual significance Read More »
Episode 37 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series. Why is Thomas Kuhn so frequently cited by postmodernists and other skeptics? Kuhn was professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a classic in the history and philosophy of science. Still relevant to our philosophical and
Thomas Kuhn’s De-Structuring Science [Open College podcast] Read More »