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Das produktive Genie von Johann Sebastian Bach

Was zeichnet ein Genie aus? Wenn es Misanthropie ist, dann war Johann Sebastian Bach (geboren am 21. März 1685) kein Genie. Sein größtes Werk schuf er in

30. Januar 2012
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3 Min.
Review: The Beacon at Alexandria

December 1997 -- The Beacon at Alexandria tells the story of Charis of Ephesus, a young woman living in the late Roman Empire who determine

Jan 26, 2012
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3 Min.
Greenspan: The Man Behind the Money

December 2000 -- Let me be clear from the first: Justin Martin’s biography of Alan Greenspan is a fun read. Written in a vigorous, journalis

Jan 26, 2012
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6 Min.
Die Philosophie der Aufklärung

Es ist sehr schwierig, wenn man sich nicht eingehend mit dem Denken des siebzehnten und achtzehnten Jahrhunderts befasst, zu verstehen, wie spekulativ

18. November 2011
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Alan Charles Kors
10 Min.
Remembering the American Vision?

July 4, 2008 -- July 4, the anniversary of the birth of the United States, is a good time to remember the vision of this country. But to

10. Juni 2011
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Edward Hudgins
4 Min.
The Berlin Wall Then and Now

I first visited West Berlin in June 1981. I took the closed American military train through the 112-mile-long corridor through....

Jun 9, 2011
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Edward Hudgins
5 Min.
Darwin at 200: A Liberator Like Lincoln

Understanding evolution has helped us satisfy that quintessential human longing expressed by Aristotle: “All men, by nature, desire to....

Jun 9, 2011
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Edward Hudgins
5 Min.
Of Courage Undaunted

In the new year of 1803, America consisted of sixteen states. There were no prairie dogs or grizzly bears. No jackrabbits or bighorn sheep..

Mai 30, 2011
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Russell La Valle
6 Min.
The Enlightenment Spirit of Edward Jenner

The scourge of smallpox is ancient—Pharaoh Ramses V is thought to have died of the illness in 1157 B.C. Yet smallpox did not become a major

Mai 30, 2011
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6 Min.
Heroism and the Transcontinental Railroad

When Ayn Rand created a heroic American dynasty for her novel Atlas Shrugged, she based the family's fortune not on oil, or autos, or

May 9, 2011
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Frank Bryan
8 Min.
Rezension: "Der Logiksprung: Induktion in der Physik"

Induktion ist die Bildung von allgemeinem Wissen aus besonderen Beweisen. Es ist Induktion, wenn man sich einmal die Hand verbrennt und danach immer...

19. April 2011
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8 Min.
Book Review: The Praise Singer

Critics are of two sorts, it has been said: Those who make you want to read the work they are analyzing; and those who make you want to

17. März 2011
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7 Min.
Außer Kontrolle geraten: Der Fall von Percy Bysshe Shelley

December 2007 -- The first question to ask upon starting up a vehicle should be: “Where are the brakes?” The first question to ask upon

17. März 2011
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7 Min.
Book Review: A Century of "Liberal Fascism"

With America committed to war overseas, an American president (who many consider to be racist) suspends vast swatches of American liberties

16. März 2011
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Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
7 Min.
Book Review: The Legacy of an Intellectual Giant

Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand share the distinction of being the leading voices for individual freedom and the market economy during the....

15. März 2011
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Edward W. Younkins
9 Min.
Feminism and the Future

Winter 2010 -- Imagine a rich, new media landscape—one that extols complex heroines whose lives expand a young women's sense of the many...

8. Februar 2011
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10 Min.
Book Review: Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

April 2008 -- If Wernher von Braun had died in 1945 at the end of World War Two, he would have been remembered as the man who led the team..

26. Januar 2011
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Taylor Dinerman
10 Min.
Egoismus und Kapitalismus vs. Altruismus und Kommunismus

To be objective means to be based on features of reality that can be observed or deduced by anyone. Scientific experiments are objective....

25. Januar 2011
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Brian Gordon
4 Min.
The American Enlightenment's Other Side

The big influences on Hamilton were the economists he read and also the philosophers of natural law and English constitutional law....

Oct 22, 2010
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12 Minuten
The Embattled Life of Moreau de Maupertuis

Those who love the Enlightenment spirit are sometimes tempted to believe that it engendered fraternity among the age's disciples. And to an

Oct 22, 2010
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9 Min.

Wir fördern den offenen Objektivismus: die Philosophie der Vernunft, der Leistung, des Individualismus und der Freiheit.