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Philosophy

Ayn Rand

1982228 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1982
first published
  • 1982Bobbs-Merrill · 276 pages · ENGISBN 9780672527258
  • 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781101137420
  • 1993Second Renaissance Pr · ENGISBN 9781561140220
  • 1982Bobbs Merrill Co · 274 pagesISBN 9780672527951
  • 2006Blackstone · ENGISBN 9780786125456
  • 2006Blackstone · ENGISBN 9780786190287
  • 2006Blackstone Audiobooks · ENGISBN 9780786188536
  • 1984Signet · 228 pages · ENGISBN 9780451138934

This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal. Written with all the clarity and eloquence that have placed Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy in the mainstream of American thought, these essays range over such basic issues as education, morality, censorship, and inflation to prove that philosophy is the fundamental force in all our lives.

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