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Ayn Rand is most famous as the author of The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957). To understand her philosophy, and what drove her to create it, you need to know the history of her life. Ayn Rand provides an overview of that life.

Atlas Shrugged, one of Ayn Rand's more famous novels, is really a defense of capitalism as the best economic system.

This is my submission for a scholarship. I did not win any place but I did the work.

Here's an overview of Atlas Shrugged, an influential book for our current day.

Biography of philosopher, screenwriter, and novelist Ayn Rand, including analysis and opinions germane to Chapter One of her monograph: The Art of Fiction. Tied in are theories of Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer.

While less substantial murmurs pointed to Brad Pitt to play the mysterious John Galt, Angelina Jolie has been confirmed to star as the tomboyish Dagny Taggart.

Most any website offering information about the progress of the film has yet to give a completion date.

In the epic Atlas Shrugged, author Ayn Rand speaks reverently of the industrious nature of early America and the touts the dollar sign as the symbol of America's hope and innovation.

The art of using the subconscious mind to assist with generating ideas in the writing of fiction

Ayn Rand identifies the productivity of individual rational creators as the source of all human prosperity and shows why only a free-market system can enable this essential virtue to be unleashed and properly rewarded. Mr. Stolyarov explains these ideas.

An assessment of the historical accuracy of Ayn Rand's portrayal of Soviet Russia in her novel We the Living. The paper outlines truths and fallacies from the text using reliable research sources.

The relationship between Peter Keating and Ellsworth Toohey is a central element of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and its theme of individualism.

The Planetary Bill of Rights Project is a unique new organization whose goal is to give the entire world its first modern Bill of Rights. People sometimes ask me how this project came about.

An indigestible novel from the 1960s, is suddenly regaining popularity. What does this mean?

The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, reflects the author's personal philosophy as well as historical events in the years preceding 1943.

Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand, a figure now vilified and ridiculed by the left, and religious conservatives of nearly all creeds, nonetheless had some interesting ideas here and there. One of her more notorious works was The Virtue of Selfishness.

Books like the Da Vinci Code and Harry Potter may not be high-quality literature but they have sold millions of copies and have inspired a nation of TV addicts to pick up a book again. The problem is that people believe these books are great literature.

A nation can only remain a nation if it has clearly defined borders that are enforced. Without that, it could cease to be a nation.

Those of you who have read much of what I've written, have often heard me go on about the "liberal socialists". ... But there are other kinds of socialists too.

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?", said Dr. Ferris. We WANT them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it ...There's no way to rule innocent men.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finally have their first born baby girl while on a trip to Namibia, Africa.

So yes, you are very much a tax slave, whether you agree with that concept or not. Whether you're a willing slave or an unwilling one, a happy slave, a miserable one, or just an apathetic one.

The philosophy of Ayn Rand does not coincide with her specifically professed stance on abortion, and G. Stolyarov II attempts to grant valuable secular, rational, Objectivist ammunition to anti-abortionists via this essay.

The ideas of justice, equality, right of common law and the economic system establishments based on the exchange was the end result of the individualism concept which...

In the late 1980s, the "mainstream" Objectivist movement featured a rising star, David Kelley, who was cruelly ostracized by Ayn Rand's "official heir," Leonard Peikoff, for thinking that different ideas and their proponents ought to be tolerated and treated civilly.

Mr. Stolyarov discusses the great Austrian economist Carl Menger (1840-1921) and the way in which he resolved severe inconsistencies in the Classical economists' theory of value.

G. Stolyarov II argues the fundamental compatibility of two vastly developed ideological systems, Objectivism and Transhumanism, and claims that adherents of these two strains of thought need to recognize the necessity of each ideology to achieving the other's goals.

I maintained a Xanga blog from high school through community college; here are some of the more insightful and interesting entrys.

G. Stolyarov II is not personally hostile to homosexuals as individuals, but he does believe that their practices are deleterious to their physical and mental well-being. He argues his case here.

G. Stolyarov II addresses the means by which an individualistic creator can effectively fend off violations of his liberties that seem to come from every direction and infest every sphere of his life.

Ethical egoism is one of those things that can be easily sold to gullible teenagers, like how getting a tattoo or pierced tongue is somehow a rebellious thing to do. Keep them away from Ayn Rand and hopefully you'll keep them away from this dangerous pseudo-philosophy.

This article defines an ethical principle of "enlightened altruism" to counter the straw man form of suicidal altruism presented by Ayn Rand in order to bolster her poorly conceived philosophy of Objectivism.

The works of Ayn Rand and Ludwig van Beethoven celebrate those creators and creations which affirm the highest possibilities open to man, and provide the intellectual fuel for audiences to pursue them. Their accomplishments celebrate the creator-individual.

An essay on The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Many (including this author) consider some of Ayn Rand's view's to be extreme and distorted. However, on the issue of faith and force, her insights are needed now more than ever.

G. Stolyarov II analyzes the essential elements of Ayn Rand's masterful novelette of a future society decayed into primitivism due to the tenet of man's unquestionable servitude to his "brethren."

My road atlas is the best reference source I have. It has so many features other than maps.

Product review of philosophy old fasioned lemonade shampoo, shower gel and bubble bath, as well as a description of the other products and charitable contributions by the philosophy company.

Teaching is a profession that can yield something amazing when the right ideas and beliefs are implemented in the classroom. As a prospective classroom teacher, I hold many of my own ideas and beliefs about teaching. These ideas and beliefs are my teaching philosophy.

This paper is an argument for individualism in Wharton'e novel Ethan Frome.

This essay clarifies how the difference betweeen continental and analytic philosophy has changed since the early 20th century. Additionally, I argue for the idea that a person ought not fall within either class under the current definition.

The main theme and crux of Hegel's philosophy: there are no individual or separate things, there is only one thing, and all other things are simply manifestations, reflections, and expressions of that original thing.

I've tried my favorite fall and winter scent, gingerbread, in bubble bath and body wash products by both Philosophy and Bath and Body Works. I love it all.

An individual's personal ethics philosophy should endure an ideology of caring and righteousness and constantly be contingent to assessment and evaluation.

This article compares Philosophy and Pinnacle Spa beauty products. Comparisons between fragrance strength, cost per ounce, performance, and overall appeal are made to help consumers make an informed decision.

This article examines the re-emergence of individualism in post-WWII America through the context of Allen Ginsberg's poetry, John C. Holmes' "This is the Beat Generation," and Susan Sontag's "What's Happening in America?" and Tom Hayden's "The Port Huron Statement."

This dissertation studies the mind of the essential Chinese writer Lao She as revealed in his novel Rickshaw, a criticism of individualism and the corruption of traditional Chinese values by the invasion of Western thought and ideology.

There are almost as many definitions of philosophy as there are philosophers, so in this essay I will define what I think philosophy is based on Socrates' behavior in the Plato dialogues.

explains how philosophy and religion are related