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    "For the Love of Wisdom"
    Kurt Keefner
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    "For the Love of Wisdom"

    I have decided to write another book, tentatively titled For the Love of Wisdom. It is going to be the sum of all my thinking about...
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    To Choose Wonder
    Kurt Keefner
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    To Choose Wonder

    Plato and Aristotle agreed that philosophy starts in wonder, but wonder is a much broader feeling than what they meant. There is...
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    Self-Realization and Ecology
    Kurt Keefner
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 11 min

    Self-Realization and Ecology

    How to become who you are naturally rather than by force.
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    Man and Nature in The Fountainhead
    Kurt Keefner
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 11 min

    Man and Nature in The Fountainhead

    Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
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    Brave New Us
    Kurt Keefner
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 11 min

    Brave New Us

    Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
    610
    The Bust of Caesar
    Kurt Keefner
    • May 15, 2020
    • 9 min

    The Bust of Caesar

    Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
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    Announcing Killing Cool
    Kurt Keefner
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Announcing Killing Cool

    Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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    Selfishness —Not Just a Virtue but an Art
    Kurt Keefner
    • Mar 19, 2020
    • 5 min

    Selfishness —Not Just a Virtue but an Art

    A guide to saying Yes and saying No. Dr Seabury got there 20 years before Miss Rand.
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    Is That Even a Thing?
    Kurt Keefner
    • May 6, 2018
    • 7 min

    Is That Even a Thing?

    Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.
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    Nietzsche and Me
    Kurt Keefner
    • Apr 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Nietzsche and Me

    A tiny essay about a guy with a big mustache.
    190
    Free Will Defended
    Kurt Keefner
    • Mar 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Free Will Defended

    Announcing my rebuttal to Sam Harris' erroneous views on the subject of free will.
    180
    John Galt, Alternative Christ
    Kurt Keefner
    • May 8, 2014
    • 24 min

    John Galt, Alternative Christ

    My thesis is that John Galt, hero of Ayn Rand's magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, can be regarded as an "alternative Christ." An alternative...
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    New York Times Review of Sam Harris’ Free Will
    Kurt Keefner
    • Jul 15, 2012
    • 2 min

    New York Times Review of Sam Harris’ Free Will

    A review of Sam Harris' book that turns inevitably toward the kind of nihilism of "scientific" determinism.
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