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Human Biodiversity for Normies

Leonardo Da Vinci, Vitruvian Man

5,572 words

This essay begins my introduction to one of the single most treacherous topics in modern political life.

That topic is essentially a scientific one, rather than a political one—although in order to see this we may have to put some very prevalent philosophical and political misconceptions aside. As such, this series is going to be somewhat more dry in tone than some of my other writing—certainly much more than many of the other essays collected at Counter-Currents. Read more …

Published: November 4, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aedon Cassiel, antidepressants, articles, biological race differences, biological sex differences, depression, environmental determinism, free will, genetic determinism, Human Biodiversity, North American New Right, originals, the moralistic fallacy, the naturalistic fallacy | Comments closed

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Ελευθερία, Αιτιοκρατία και Πεπρωμένο

Greg Johnson

1,352 words

English original here

Μετάφραση/απόδοση, για το Ιδεάπολις, του Νίκου Καρατουλιώτη

Ελεύθερη βούληση σημαίνει ότι έχεις να διαλέξεις μεταξύ πραγματικών επιλογών. Δεν έχει σημασία τι επιλογή θα κάνει κάποιος, ο καθένας μπορεί να επιλέξει διαφορετικά. Αιτιοκρατία (ντετερμινισμός) σημαίνει ότι δεν έχουμε πραγματικές επιλογές. Όταν κάποιος επιλέξει, δεν θα μπορούσε να έχει επιλέξει αλλιώς. Read more …

Published: January 2, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, destiny, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, in Greek, in translation, living well, narcissism, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, self-actualization, The Philosopher is In | Comments closed

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Libertad, Determinismo, & Destino

Greg Johnson

Isis as Agathe Tyche and Osiris as Agathos Daimon in serpent form

Isis como Agathe Tyche y Osiris como Agathos Daimon en forma de serpiente

1,382 words

English original here

Tener libre albedrio significa tener verdaderas opciones de las cuales elegir. No importa que opción uno pueda elegir, uno pudo haber elegido de forma diferente. El determino significa que no tenemos dos opciones reales. Cuando uno elegí, uno no podría haber elegido de forma diferente.

Incluso si uno tiene libre albedrio, no todas las decisiones son libres. Read more …

Published: September 5, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, destiny, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, in Spanish, in translation, living well, narcissism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, self-actualization, The Philosopher is In | Comments closed

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Freedom, Determinism, & Destiny

Greg Johnson

Isis as Agathe Tyche and Osiris as Agathos Daimon in serpent form

1,319 words

Translations: Greek, Spanish

Having free will means having real options to choose from. No matter what option one may choose, one could have chosen otherwise. Determinism means that we do not have real options. When one chooses, one could not have chosen otherwise.

Even if one has free will, not every choice is free. Read more …

Published: July 7, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, destiny, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, living well, narcissism, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, self-actualization, The Philosopher is In | Comments closed

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Somos Livres?

Collin Cleary

Norns by J. L. Lund (1777-1867)

4,683 words

English original here

1. O Problema

Nós temos “livre-arbítrio”? Certamente isso me parece que eu livremente escolho o que eu faço em vida, com respeito a coisas tanto maiores quanto menores. Minha decisão de graduar no colégio, por exemplo, certamente parece ter sido feito livremente, sem nenhuma coerção de outros. Read more …

Published: August 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, Collin Cleary, free will, Immanuel Kant, in Portuguese, in translation, J. G. Fichte, Jean-Paul Sartre, philosophy, reprints, Tantrism, the left hand path | Comments closed

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Are We Free?

Collin Cleary

Norns by J. L. Lund (1777-1867)

4,748 words

Portuguese translation here

1. The Problem

Do we have “free will”? It certainly seems to me that I freely choose what I do in life, with respect to things both major and minor. My decision to go to graduate school, for example, certainly seems to have been one that I made freely, without anyone or anything coercing me. Read more …