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July 2, 2023
Texts in Philosophy — mid-2023 additions
For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Werner Sombart, Chapter 1 of Merchants and Heroes (1915).
June 30, 2023
“Why Art became Ugly” — republished with updated images
The article was first published in 2004, based on a 2003 lecture in New York City. “For a long time critics of modern and postmodern art have relied on the “Isn’t that disgusting” strategy. By that I mean the strategy of pointing out that given works of art are ugly, trivial, or in bad taste, …
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June 29, 2023
One-minute answers to fifteen questions
Now back in Illinois, in studio I recorded a 15 one-minute answers to submitted questions: 1. Was Christianity at fault for the fall of the classical world? 2. Could you say that this country was founded on the work of slaves and it gave us an advantage over other nations?3. How does free will manifest …
June 28, 2023
“Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli, 1482 [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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June 27, 2023
Lo que la Ética Empresarial Puede Aprender del Emprendimiento
“Lo que la Ética Empresarial Puede Aprender del Emprendimiento.” [HTML] [PDF]Stephen R.C. HicksDepartamento de Filosofía y Centro para la Ética y el EmprendimientoRockford University, Illinois, USA Publicado por primera vez en The Journal of Private Enterprise 24(2), 2009, 49-57.Traducido al Español por Walter Jerusalinsky, Idóneos, 2013. Resumen: El emprendimiento se está estudiando cada vez más …
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June 26, 2023
How to be Aristotelian — Sellars article
Very fine article by University of London philosopher John Sellars on Aristotle, “the single most influential human being ever to have lived.” I agree. Related: My close reading of the first book of Aristotle’s classic Nicomachean Ethics, in the Philosophers, Explained series.
June 25, 2023
What happened to the Algerian wine industry? Politics and religion
Algeria was the world’s largest wine exporter until the 1960s.[a] By a huge margin—more than the next six largest exporting countries (including France, Italy, and Spain)—combined. Then it collapsed. What happened? 1. Under French colonialism from the 1830s, the Algerian wine industry grew, though the regime was often brutal. 2. Then, from the 1950s and …
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In Praise of Abraham and Faith | Søren Kierkegaard | *Philosophers, Explained* | 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 …
June 24, 2023
Open Objectivism or Closed? Philosophy as *science*
Objectivism is a philosophy. Ayn Rand said that philosophy is a science: “Epistemology is a science devoted to the discovery of the proper methods of acquiring and validating knowledge. Ethics is a science devoted to the discovery of the proper methods of living one’s life. Medicine is a science devoted to the discovery of the …
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June 23, 2023
El Capitalismo Liberal es socialmente ineficiente. [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]
Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 13: El Capitalismo Liberal …
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