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September 9, 2022
Jerry Reinsdorf in *Entrepreneurial Living*
Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox: “You’ve got to learn to lose. Most of the time in sports you lose. Only one team wins the World Series each year—29 of them don’t.” In Entrepreneurial Living, edited by Stephen R. C. Hicks and Jennifer Harrolle. In this volume of interviews with …
September 8, 2022
Next week: Kant & Absolute Duty [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
We will have our fourth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes” on September 14th, when we will discuss Kant’s vision on Absolute Duty. * Reading to prepare for this session: Excerpts from On Education (1803). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas Intellectuals. Related: Professor …
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John Dewey’s secular, relativized philosophy of education
John Dewey, writing in Teacher Magazine: “There is no God and there is no soul. Hence, there are no needs for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural laws or moral absolutes.” “Soul Searching” Teacher Magazine, Sept. 1933 …
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September 7, 2022
TODAY: “Ask Me Anything About Ethics” with Stephen Hicks
Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Today @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything About Ethics” event where Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on ethics and questions from our 66K Instagram followers. Not yet on Clubhouse, and interested to check it out? We’ve got you covered. Use this link HERE to get …
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Las Sociedades Capitalistas Liberales Son Más Interesantes [*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. Argumento 10: Las sociedades capitalistas liberales son …
September 6, 2022
Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism | One on One with Jerry Kirkpatrick [In Case You Missed It]
Stephen Hicks discusses the book “Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism” with author Jerry Kirkpatrick. Jerry Kirkpatrick is professor of international business and marketing at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and author of In Defense of Advertising: Arguments from Reason, Ethical Egoism, and Laissez-Faire Capitalism You can also go to CEE YouTube Channel to see more related videos.
The first six *Philosophers, Explained*: Kant, Galileo, Plato, James, Arachne vs. Athena, and Nietzsche
The first six in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series have been published: 1 Immanuel Kant on the limits of reason. Critique of Pure Reason. 2 William James on pacifism and defeating militarism. “The Moral Equivalent of War.” 3 Galileo Galilei on not persecuting scientists, “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina.” 4 Arachne …
September 5, 2022
Stephen Hicks’s “The Postmodern Critique of Liberal Education”
Clemson University | Pope Lecture 2019 | Stephen Hicks In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks contrasts 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. …
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“Geometric Warrior,” 8th century BCE [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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September 4, 2022
Next three in *Philosophers, Explained*: Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, William Paley
The next three in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series will be 7. Ayn Rand on individual rights. Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. Publication date: September 7, 2022 8. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on overthrowing capitalism. The Communist Manifesto. Publication date: September 10, 2022 9. William Paley on the watch and the watchmaker. …
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