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| Named Person: | Ayn Rand; Ayn Rand |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Matthew Sciabarra |
| ISBN: | 9780271062273 0271062274 |
| OCLC Number: | 853618653 |
| Description: | xv, 526 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents: | Synthesis in Russian culture -- Lossky, the teacher -- Education Alissa -- The maturation of Ayn Rand -- Being -- Knowing -- Reason and emotion -- Art, philosophy, and efficacy -- Ethics and human survival -- A libertarian politics -- Relations of power -- The predatory state -- History and resolution -- Appendix I : The Rand transcript (1999) -- Appendix II : The Rand transcript, revisited (2005) -- Appendix III : A challenge to Russian radical -- and Ayn Rand (2013). |
| Responsibility: | Chris Matthew Sciabarra. |
Abstract:
Analyzes the intellectual roots and philosophy of Ayn Rand. Second edition adds a new preface and an analysis of transcripts documenting Rand's education at Petrograd State University.
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"Brilliant and pathbreaking. . . . Much more could be written in praise and in critique of Russian Radical because it is one of those rare books from which a reader raises her head every few pages and wonders, "Do I agree?" These are the books in life that make a wonderful intellectual difference because they inspire thought on a fundamental level."-Wendy McElroy, The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Read more...
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