A striking quotation about Aristotle’s Poetics and its contemporary relevance. Pixar Animation Studios is one the great technical and financial successes in the movie industry. Early in its development, two individuals who were to be instrumental to that success, John Lasseter and Pete Docter, knew that story-telling and not just techical wizardry was essential to […]
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A interesting and disturbing article by Professor Piotr Kostyło on “School failure and its interpretations” [pdf], published in Kultura Pedagogiczna out of the University of Warsaw. Kostyło is a professor of philosophy of education at the University of Kazimierz Wielki. Kostyło’s analysis is disturbing because it suggests that Poland’s change from communism to liberal democracy
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In the Polish journal Żydzi a konserwatyzm, Joanna Rak reviews Nietzsche and the Nazis. Information about other editions and translations of Nietzsche and the Nazis.
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Um cenário que é querido pelos eticistas, especialistas em políticas públicas e consultores em geral, pede que você se imagine em um bote salva-vidas. Nesses cenários estão inseridas suposições poderosas com implicações de vida ou morte, portanto, é interessante estuda-lo para compreendermos melhor do que se trata. Aqui vamos nós: Você estava sobrevoando o Oceano
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O café chegou à Europa em 1529; a maioria dos historiadores data o início da história moderna nos anos 1500. Coincidência? Enquanto escrevo, já estou no meu segundo copo. O efeito estimulante da cafeína me manterá acordado até o meio dia, quando eu beberei mais um. Volte aos maus e velhos tempos — Antes do
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: ““People are scum.” “Mankind is a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be human.” “Whenever cynics express themselves, I’m tempted to retort that philosophy is autobiography and they should put their claims in the first-person: “I am scum.” “I am a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be me.” “A colleague once took me up
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My article, “The Best Work of the Best Minds,” is available in German translation. The text is below, and here is a PDF version. Here also is a Kindle version of the original English article. * * * Die höchsten Leistungen der besten Verstände Stephen R. C. Hicks Übersetzung von Anja Hartleb-Parson Ich sitze am
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