Philosophy

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Nietzsche's War Tactics

Nietzsche did not see attack as mere outrage, impulse, or personal hostility. He treated it as a disciplined art: strike only when the target matters, stand alone when...

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Slavoj Žižek's Definition of Critical Reading

A critical reading, Žižek suggests, works like a short circuit—by connecting unlikely texts or ideas, especially pairing major works with marginal or disavowed ones, i...

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Todd McGowan uses Hegel to refute Ayn Rand

In Emancipation After Hegel, Todd McGowan refutes Ayn Rand’s use of the Law of Identity as the foundational axiom underpinning her political defense of laissez-faire c...