I would say that, over the last twenty-five years, the biggest triumph of the Enlightenment view is that people have grasped the concept...
For most of man's existence on Earth, the universe has been anything but benevolent. Famines, floods, and earthquakes have destroyed whole
I enjoy the teaching very much, particularly since Rockford is a small liberal arts college, which means that our class sizes tend to be...
Many Americans—and even more Europeans—employ a pre-modern ideal when judging the market economy. According to this ideal, individuals enter
Like any story relying on the fantastic, the superhero film has a test: does the fantastic sharpen and enhance the theme and the conflicts
Inspired by the vision of life in Ayn Rand’s novels, many people have adopted Objectivism as a way of life: a code of conduct and character
Reason is the faculty which… identifies and integrates the material provided by man's senses. Reason integrates man's perceptions by means
My morality, the morality of reason, is contained in a single axiom: existence exists—and in a single choice: to live. The rest proceeds ...
In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order..
Most major religions have believed in the existence of a supernatural realm, a realm beyond the natural world of physical objects and bodies
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive
Ayn Rand is best known for her novels, which continue to sell hundreds of thousands of copies each year, and for her philosophical essays on
In the last lecture, we looked at those arguments that won the debate for free speech. Historically, those arguments were nested in
Nationalism is the doctrine that a unitary cultural and political entity, the nation, should be the organizing principle of society....
Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand ’s magnum opus. It is the culmination of her quest to portray an ideal man, and the first full expression of ...
The Fountainhead, Rand's first commercial success, is the story of Howard Roark, the brilliant architect who insists on the right to pursue
The Atlas Society (formerly known as The Objectivist Center) works with students to spread the revolutionary ideas of......
Ayn Rand. Her name is a kind of psychological litmus test; it inevitably provokes violent reactions of either fierce admiration or
Both as a thinker and as an artist, Ayn Rand swam against the tide. As a philosopher, she was an uncompromising champion of reason....
In Tokyo, 94% of women in their 20s own a Louis Vuitton bag. Hong Kong boasts more Gucci and Hermes stores than Paris. China’s passion for l
