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The Anti-Capitalism Course — begins in two days

With Dr. Stephen Hicks Session 1: “The Revolutionary Proletariat versus Capitalism.” Studying Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ The Communist Manifesto. The Anti-Capitalism Course will begin Wednesday evening, January 12th, live on KAZM for Atlas Intellectuals. The course will be free online and live. “Capitalism has been a major success, yet it continues to be attacked from …

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God is dead, Wolves and Sheep, Masters and Slaves — all three Nietzsche animation videos

In collaboration with Sprouts educational videos, here is our three-part series on Nietzsche’s provocative account of traditional morality and the need to go beyond good and evil. Part 1: God is Dead. (7 minutes) Part 2: Sheep and Wolves. (6 minutes) Part 3: Master and Slaves. (7 minutes) a

Christian Pragmatism, or Pragmatic Christianity? Understanding Jordan Peterson’s religion

Philosophically, Jordan Peterson is a kind of Pragmatist. Religiously, he is a kind of Christian. What does that combination mean? My Open College podcast on “Jordan Peterson’s Religion” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1J65... Related: My full Open College podcast series.

Education Theory 6: *Integrated* Philosophies of Education

15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Six: Transition from Philosophical Issues to Integrated “Isms” and Education. If education is a systematic process of preparing one for life, how does one connect a full philosophy of life to an education strategy? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the …

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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.

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 …

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Stephen Hicks: Ask Me Anything — Philosophy

Join me Wednesday, January 5 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for an “Ask Me Anything About Philosophy” event, when I will answer any questions about philosophy in general and Objectivism in particular. Not yet on Clubhouse? Use this link HERE to get your invite to the platform, whether you’re on IOS or Android.

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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