Kurt Keefner
“Self-Esteem” and Narcissism
Is the Objectivist concept of self-esteem partly to blame for the current wave of narcissism?
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 6, 202212 min read
Madame X: Portrait of a Scandal
John Singer Sargent's Madame X was not only a bold artistic statement but a pivotal point in the invention of the modern woman.
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 30, 202116 min read
The Perfecting of Howard Roark
Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
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Kurt Keefner
May 20, 20217 min read
The Fate of Atlas
I really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 11, 20213 min read
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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Kurt Keefner
Feb 18, 202111 min read
Self-Realization and Ecology
How to become who you are naturally rather than by force.
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Kurt Keefner
Dec 5, 20209 min read
Freedom and Chess: Playing The Queen's Gambit
Meet Beth Harmon. She is the Mozart of chess, but can she beat her demons?
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Kurt Keefner
Oct 16, 20207 min read
The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
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Kurt Keefner
Oct 9, 20204 min read
Angel with No Name
The name of one of music history's most most difficult sets of sonatas is unknown, but its beauty is evident.
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 25, 20209 min read
Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 11, 202011 min read
Man and Nature in The Fountainhead
Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
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Kurt Keefner
Jul 17, 20207 min read
North and South, An Industrial Synthesis
Strong-willed industrialist meets empathetic idealist in the 1800s. Can they bridge the gap?
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 12, 202011 min read
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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Kurt Keefner
Mar 27, 201811 min read
The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music
What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.
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