For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn RandRandom House, 1961 - 242 pages A challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time & the atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, & of all-pervasive evasion that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, the author was the proponent of a moral philosophy-an ethic of rational self-interest, that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism & self-sacrifice. |
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For the New Intellectual | 3 |
We the Living | 69 |
The Fountainhead | 77 |
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