Three Myths about Ayn Rand
Fall 2009 -- Those who have for some time followed the decades-long course of Ayn Rand’s growing cultural influence may recall a time when
18 mars 2011
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Fall 2009 -- Those who have for some time followed the decades-long course of Ayn Rand’s growing cultural influence may recall a time when
July/August 2007 -- In recent columns and articles, I have found it useful to differentiate between bourgeois individualism and Romantic
Kevin Hill writes: “Given Nietzsche’s elusiveness and suggestiveness, I think that trying to understand Nietzsche in terms of a list of
This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ." ...
Ce commentaire fait partie du "CyberSéminaire" en ligne 2000 de l'Atlas Society intitulé "Nietzsche et l'Objectivisme". ....
Ayn Rand criticized both the “liberal” Left and the “conservative” Right poles of American politics. She identified both major political
Objectivists absolutely hold that we have a right to freedom of speech. It is an aspect of our broader right to liberty: the right to take..
To my knowledge, Ayn Rand came somewhat independently to her own views. She may have imbibed Paine second-hand through such Old-Right
Ayn Rand indeed regarded Anna Karenina as her least favorite novel. She presented her negative analysis of Anna Karenina in the article...
For quite a number of years, I’ve been conducting guided walking tours of New York City. These include “Revolutionary Manhattan,” a tour of
Consider the following situation. It is 1963. You are a twenty-one-year-old graduate of Tuskegee University, rooming in Washington, D.C....
A few years ago, a colleague whose intelligence I respect invited me to attend a lecture he was going to give. "This will not be one of.....
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand acknowledged Aristotle as the only philosopher to whom she was indebted, the father of logic who defined "the bas
December 2004 -- There is much to celebrate on the occasion of the Ayn Rand centenary. Books on Rand and Rand citations in the scholarly
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand was no academic, and people sometimes point to that fact to explain the lack of scholarly consideration given
Equality 7-2521, the hero of Anthem, is twenty-one years old when he escapes to freedom from a totalitarian state. The author of Anthem made
April 16, 1967. A wet, icy wind blew off the Charles River and howled down the wide channel of Massachusetts Avenue, gusting into narrow ...
Lorsque nous avons été contraints d'assumer [l'autonomie], nous étions novices dans sa science. Ses principes et ses formes n'étaient guère entrés dans nos....
Ayn Rand est surtout connue pour ses romans, qui continuent à se vendre à des centaines de milliers d'exemplaires chaque année, et pour ses essais philosophiques sur les thèmes suivants
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