Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 3
In the foreword to The Moral Basis of Individualism—a book that Ayn Rand began writing for Bobbs-Merrill in 1943 but never finished—we find
Dec 14, 2018
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In the foreword to The Moral Basis of Individualism—a book that Ayn Rand began writing for Bobbs-Merrill in 1943 but never finished—we find
As Dreiser depicts them, Clyde Griffiths and Roberta Alden are not lovers so much as they are victims. Biology and society conspire against
Dreiser’s Hortense Briggs and Rand’s Rita Eksler are both femmes fatales, but whereas Dreiser seethes with resentment that such a girl exist
My first night as an Airbnb host was a near disaster.I thought I was prepared. Glamour shots of the house – check. Coffee maker – check...
“There are some rules I’m perfectly willing to obey,” explains Howard Roark, the protagonist of Ayn Rand’s 1943 best seller, The Fountainhe
She called businessmen "America's persecuted minority." And today—as has been the case at least since the start of the Industrial ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH NENA WHITFIELD OF LADIES FOR LIBERTY ALLIANCE
Ayn Rand’s novel The Fountainhead was published 73 years ago, May 7, 1943. It became a best-seller, and then a classic of 20th century
Atlas Summit 2015 -- In the decade and a half since the publication of What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand, Louis Torres and Michel
Peter Diamandis has agreed to be the recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's fall gala on October 14th, 2020, in Los Angeles –– and equally exciting, last year’s recipient, Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson, will personally be the one to present it.
Ayn Rand is America’s most controversial individualist. She was a bold woman who produced brilliant works fusing fiction and philosophy.
LaSusa tells us that stating with a military coup in 2009 Honduras has had a succession of governments that have sought the “privatization
At our organization’s 1996 Summer Seminar, in Boulder, Colorado, Branden made the first of many appearances at our events...
I first met Nathaniel Branden, who passed away this morning, in fall 1983. I had successfully passed my Ph.D. oral defense of dissertation..
Ayn Rand was a woman Ayn Rand author of Atlas Shrugged of truly remarkable achievement. She was a phenomenally successful novelist whose
That’s the one thing the New York literary world can agree on, it seems.In the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, November 2, two...
The Objectivist movement has helped many people apply Objectivist principles to their personal lives; it has contributed to the broad-based
Atlas Summit 2014 -- In Atlas Shrugged John Galt is a mysterious presence that seems to be destroying the world. But, in fact, Galt is
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) has recently released a little-known monograph by Ayn Rand called "Textbook of Americanism." The
No, I wasn’t distancing. I adored her novels when I was young, and in many ways they gave me an interest in economics.