The youthful Nietzsche’s intellectual context

The intellectual world of the 1800s and its influence upon the young Friedrich Nietzsche. A 10-minute clip from the Faulkner-Hogg interview: Nietzsche’s precociousness, the priority of biology or philosophy, evolution, the roots of ethics, cognitive subjectivism, and religion’s precariousness after Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Kierkegaard. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC-niLfhTAk Also at YouTube: This audiobook edition of […]

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Qué nos pueden enseñar los emprendimientos acerca de la vida

Qué nos pueden enseñar los emprendimientos acerca de la vida Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Tomar riesgos y experimentar son cosas que todos podemos hacer, y no sólo en nuestras carreras. The Wall Street Journal. Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ The original article in English: What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us About Life Taking

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Liberal Education: What Is It and What Is It Good For?

Below is a transcript of my “Conversations with Marsha” discussion, first published at YouTube: Stephen Hicks on Liberal Education: What is it and what is it good for? Marsha Enright: Good morning, and I’m happy to be here with friend and longtime Great Connections advisor Stephen Hicks. This is Marsha Enright from the Great Connections.

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What Is Capitalism? [Session 1 of “The Capitalism Course” by Dr. Stephen Hicks]

My new live, online, and open-to-the-public course will begin by asking: What Is Capitalism? We will look at several influential definitions, and I will argue my way to mine. When: Wednesday, October 13, 7 p.m. Central Time. Where: MyJunto. Registration is free and open to anyone interested. . While the course has no prerequisites, the

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Announcing: “The Capitalism Course” by Dr. Stephen Hicks

I will be teaching a live, online course: The Capitalism Course. The six-session course will emphasize contemporary moral and cultural issues. When: Wednesday evenings, twice a month, beginning October 13. Where: MyJunto. Registration is free and open to anyone interested. Topics: Session 1. What Is Capitalism? Session 2: Is the USA a “Capitalist” Nation? Session

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O que a ética empresarial pode aprender com o empreendedorismo

Publicado pela primeira vez em Inglês: “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship,” Journal of Private Enterprise, 2009. Portugués: HTML. PDF. Tradução por Matheus Pacini. Revisão por Vinicius Cintra, 2014.Resumo: O empreendedorismo é cada vez mais estudado como um fenômeno econômico fundamental e fundacional, porém, cada vez menos como um fenômeno ético. A ética empresarial

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Reason or Emotion? | Philosophy for Real Life (5 of 22) | Stephen Hicks

Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy

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Ayn Rand, “The Left: Old and New” [Atlas Intellectuals]

In this unit of Atlas University’s course on Socialism: Rand analyzes a major shift in leftist strategy—the narrative shift from Old Left to New Left defenses of socialism as the ultimate moral system. Their fundamental principles of “mysticism-altruism-collectivism” have not changed—rather the New Left is “cruder and more honest” in its explicit goals and practical

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