Worth reading: David Ramsay Steele’s now-classic article on the intellectual origins and practical evolution of fascism — “The Mystery of Fascism.” “From 1912 to 1914, Mussolini was the Che Guevara of his day, a living saint of leftism. Handsome, courageous, charismatic, an erudite Marxist, a riveting speaker and writer, a dedicated class warrior to the […]
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks, here at the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship with Dr. David R. Henderson, an economist visiting from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Henderson is the author of many books and articles,
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Over ten years ago, some of us were complaining that the postmodern art world had become repetitive — and worse, boring — as it was merely recycling the same old tropes about nothingness and waste products. Two images making the social-media rounds this week: Nothing in Paris: Rectal explorations in São Paulo: So I repeat:
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[In the excerpts below from Summa Theologica (written 1265-1274), St. Thomas Aquinas takes up two questions: Whether it is lawful to kill sinners? and Whether heretics ought to be tolerated? A PDF version of this text is here.] Whether it is lawful to kill sinners? [II II Q. 64 A.2] Objection 1. It would seem
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I gave a lecture at the Atlas Summit in June 2015 in New Hampshire on “The Three Best Arguments against Liberal Capitalism.” See the video of the 50-minute lecture here: More information about the Atlas Society and its annual Atlas Summit is here.
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A proposição-padrão é que a filosofia começa com Tales. Quando ensino isso aos meus alunos, é uma venda difícil, já que entre os textos fundadores da filosofia — atribuídos a Tales por Aristóteles — está a seguinte afirmação: “O primeiro princípio e a natureza básica de todas as coisas é a água.” e “Todas as
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks. My guest this evening is Professor Jerry Kirkpatrick from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. He is the author of a new book, Montessori, Dewey and Capitalism. Tonight he gave a lecture to the
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[Stoic Week 2015 is from November 2 to 8. In honor of that, here is a revisiting of an earlier post.] I occasionally teach Epictetus (55-135 CE) or Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) in my courses. So to prepare for Stoic Week, here are some sample quotations: Epictetus on philosophy: “If you have an earnest desire