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The Hodges Foundation: the Product of a Successful Nashville Businessman Who Fell in Love with Philosophy

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

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By all outward appearances, Mike and Tina Hodges, chairman and CEO of Advance Financial, respectively, have lived the American dream. They run their own business (and a highly-successful one at that) have children and a happy marriage, and are respected in their community.

Commentary: The Eternal Return of a Malevolent Charade

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 Admin

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by Roger Kimball The eternal return – Friedrich Nietzsche thought the idea was horrifying. Life as an endless merry-go-round in which the same things keep recurring, forever. That prospect, Nietzsche thought, was the hardest, weightiest, most depressing idea mankind could ever confront. It was part of Nietzsche’s blustering nihilism that…