Blog Posts on ayn rand

Trixie Cruz: Listen by Jumping True Hoops on Feb 25, 2012by Rose Beatrix C. Angeles (Trixie Cruz-Angeles)Original post on November 15, 2008One evening he spoke. Sitting at her feet, his faceraised to her, he allowed his soul to be heard. "My darling, anything youwish, anything I am, anything I can ever be.

The World You Want Can Be Yours by Chronicles of Vanity on Dec 29, 2011Dearest: Never let anyone tell you otherwise. xx...

Atlas Shrugged... by Random Thoughts on Nov 13, 2011Where self-sacrifice is considered immoral. "Harmon Kaslow, CEO of Atlas Productions and Producer of the film stated “As we all well know, the ideas brought to life in Atlas Shrugged are entirely antithetical to the idea of ‘self-sacrifice...

FAITH VS. REASONObjectivist philosopher and atheist Ayn Rand... by herwrittings on Sep 9, 2011FAITH VS. REASONObjectivist philosopher and atheist Ayn Rand discusses the dangers of faith, the meaning of death and her disbelief in God.What are your thoughts? ...

Who is John Galt? by Notes on Nurturing on Apr 19, 2011I read all of Ayn Rand's books (fiction). I think I might have been (briefly) in love with John Galt in college. ;-p So I cannot help it, I would like to watch Atlas Shrugged.Rand's philosophy, ideas, her characters and books were something I talked...

Atlas Shrugged: Part 1: Sneak Peek by Reel Advice on Feb 23, 2011Who would have thought that a film could be so deep into development hell that it would take almost four decades before it finally gets released. The film we are talking about here is "Atlas Shrugged: Part 1". The film's history is an intriguing one...

Hubris and Crisis by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Jun 19, 2010On MarketWatch, an interesting recap of Alan Greenspan’s testimony regarding the financial crisis: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — In one of the most dramatic moments in the global financial crisis, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan...

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand by pick-locker on Jan 26, 2010Someone asked me: You've read The Fountainhead? How good was it?This is my reply:The Fountainhead was written by Ayn Rand to spread her philosophy of Objectivism. As a supposedly philosophical tract disguised as a fiction novel, it is remarkably good...

Ayn Rand by The Stranger on Sep 29, 2009“He does not want to be great but to be thought as great”- From Ayn Rand’s The FountainheadThe phrase means that greatness is something that a man acquires for himself and not from others. When a man acquires greatness from others then that man...

Conclusion by The Stranger on Sep 23, 2009In the previous post, the researcher talks about virtue. Comparing the definition of virtue by Ayn Rand and Aristotle, the latter is better that the former for the following reason. Ayn Rand’s view on what is virtue is vague. She no more than state...