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Today: Brazil: Fórum da Liberdade: Voçê é Livre para Discordar?

My talk on the theme: Are the Culture Wars the new Cold War? 6:15 PM (BR) Inscrição (link to site).

Mis artículos en español (My articles in Spanish): “El populismo triunfa donde falla la educación”

El populismo triunfa donde falla la educación Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Para Hicks, estas escuelas de pensamiento están en constante conflicto. Por un lado, se encuentran los ídolos del sistema educativo de América Latina: Rousseau, Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Foucault, Sartre, Kant, Nietzsche y Derrida. Por el otro, tenemos a Bacon, Locke, Newton, Smith, …

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On big egos and small egos

Most people accused of having big egos have, in fact, small and fragile egos. Don’t let little-ego stop you. Unleash your big-ego — the one that thinks ambitiously, faces facts, admits mistakes, and goes for it—it being the best version of you possible. Related: “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us about Life.” The Wall Street Journal.

Question: How Can I Find My Own Voice? [Philosophy for Real Life, 21 of 22] Stephen Hicks

Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. “Postmodernism”. My favorite artist? I cheat and name five. 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 …

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Art and Ideas: Michael Newberry & Stephen Hicks [In Case You Missed It]

Stephen Hicks with TAS CEO Jennifer Grossman and artist Michael Newberry. Newberry is a neo-romanticist painter based in Idyllwild, California. He blends a variety of influences, notably Rembrandt and the French Impressionists, and is the author of the outstanding new book Evolution Through Art. Related: Professor Hicks’s classic essay, “Why Art Became Ugly.” And this …

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Tomorrow: “Democracy and Freedom — Compatible?” talk upcoming at Conferēncia Atlantos, Brazil

I will be speaking (in English!) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, tomorrow afternoon.

Today: “Democracy and Freedom — Compatible?” talk upcoming at Conferēncia Atlantos, Brazil

I will be speaking (in English!) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, TODAY.

Nietzsche on Kant, and his influence upon Postmodernism [Pope Lecture]

In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers …

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Jordan B. Peterson and Stephen R. C. Hicks: “Postmodernism: History and Diagnosis” [In Case You Missed It]

Jordan B. Peterson interviewed Stephen R. C. Hicks about postmodernism, its history, and its diagnosis. Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, author, and a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. Stephen Hicks is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Illinois. For related videos on postmodernism and philosophy, please visit our CEE Video Channel.

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