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August 20, 2023
Kant’s wayward relative Emil
Reprising this amusing item (via Roger Donway), from a brief obituary in The New York Times, August 2, 1927, page 21: “Emil C. Kant, last German relative of Emmanuel Kant, famous philosopher, was buried in Corozal Cemetery, Canal Zone, yesterday … . While a student at the University of Dorpat, Emil was conscripted by the …
August 19, 2023
“What Is Metaphysics?” | Martin Heidegger | *Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks
Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian …
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August 18, 2023
Should We Apologize for the Past?
Blame and credit are two sides of the evaluative coin. So If I should accept guilt, shame, and be apologetic for bad things in the past, then I should also take credit for the good things. For example: I pride myself on the Industrial Revolution. All that Renaissance painting—I really am amazing. The Constitution of …
August 17, 2023
Cassius on Roman versus Greek superiority
The Greeks, according to Cassius: “They are an arrogant people, I’ve always found. I remember one of them telling me they had invented everything, from gods to sex. I pointed out that Romans took their ideas and improved upon them. Ares became Mars, Zeus became Jupiter. And of course, although we could not improve on …
August 13, 2023
The Philosophy of Money — Breedlove interview
My long-form discussion with Robert Breedlove on the ethics of money, its history and roots in production and trade (and taxation), and the promise of Bitcoin. On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_PEI.... Or on Rumble: https://rumble.com/v3632b3-the-philos...… Related: My podcast on “You Should Love Money,” in the Open College series.
August 11, 2023
Famous anti-smoking activists from history
Reprising this fascinating short article in the British Journal of Medicine by Robert N. Proctor, professor of the history of medicine at Penn State University: “The anti-smoking campaigns of the Nazis: a little known aspect of public health in Germany, 1933-1945” [pdf]. The campaign was mounted despite the arguments that (1) taxes on tobacco were …
August 9, 2023
Michelangelo | *David* (1501) [Newberry on Great Art series]
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series …
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August 7, 2023
*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español
My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We will be serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. Find the English version here: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and …
August 5, 2023
Meditations on First Philosophy | Rene Descartes | *Philosophers, Explained* by Professor Stephen Hicks
Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian …
August 4, 2023
Resumen y Transición: argumentos en contra [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]
Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este es el resumen de todos los argumentos a favor del capitalismo liberal. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos y el resumen de la primera parte en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Resumen y Transición: El liberalismo debe ser rechazado porque socava, no logra o contradice …
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