Have you ever dated a philosopher?
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Stephen Hicks: Ask Me Anything about Philosophy
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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Is Capitalism the Most Moral System? | Philosophy for Real Life (15 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
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
Viktor Frankl: On the original preparation for the gas chambers
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
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Zarathustra and Nietzsche’s middle period (Hicks and Faulkner-Hogg)
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
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Ressentiment — clip from James Lindsay discussion
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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Critical Theory and/or Postmodernism: Hicks, Lindsay, O’Fallon
James Lindsay and I had two conversations about postmodernism and critical theory, hosted by Michael O’Fallon: The Seeds of Collectivism.Encroaching Darkness.
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Marx now matters less than Rousseau
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
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