| Edition |
Centennial edition. |
| Description |
xii, 308 pages ; 18 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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"...reprint of a hardcover ed. published by the Bobbs-Merrill Co."-- T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Philosophy: who need it -- Philosophical detection -- The metaphysical versus the man-made -- The missing link -- Selfishness without a self -- An open letter to Boris Spassky -- Faith and force: the destroyers of the modern world -- From the horse's mouth -- Kant versus Sullivan -- Causality versus duty -- An untitled letter -- Egalitarianism and inflation -- The stimulus and the response -- The establishing of an establishment -- Censorship: local and express -- Fairness doctrine for education -- What can one do? -- Don't let it go. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Philosophy.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1984
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| ISBN |
0451138937 paperback |
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9780451138934 paperback |
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