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For the New Intellectual
For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) | Ayn Rand
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Here is Ayn Rands first non-fiction worka challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion that they create. As incisive and relevant today as it was sixty years ago, this book presents the essentials of Ayn Rands philosophy for those who wish to acquire an integrated view of existence. In the title essay, she offers an analysis of Western culture, discusses the causes of its progress, its decline, its present bankruptcy, and points the road to an intellectual renaissance. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophyand ethic of rational self-interestthat stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality"a philosophy for living on Earth"are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman for a new class, For the New Intellectual.
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“A free will saddled with a tendency is like a game with loaded dice. It forces man to struggle through the effort of playing, to bear responsibility and pay for the game, but the decision is weighted in favor of a tendency that he had no power to escape.”

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Texreader Big Rand fan here. But haven‘t read this one. 5y
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