Objectivism And The Work Of Ayn Rand
Objectivism is a philosophy which developed around a woman named Ayn Rand
in the 50s and 60s. She came to the country from Russia in the 1920s and
worked in Hollywood as an extra in pictures and as a writer. Her most
famous books are actually works of fiction, WE THE LIVING, THE
FOUNTAINHEAD, and ATLAS SHRUGGED. In them, she portrays her ideals of the
human character-- basically she is a RATIONAL EGOIST. She believes that
the self exists, and is ethically significant; in fact, that one should
live by the maxim of not sacrificing yourself to anyone, nor sacrificing
any ....
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