Ayn Rand Reader

by Rand, Ayn; Hull, Gary; Peikoff, Leonard

• ISBN13: 9780452280403
• ISBN10: 0452280400
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

The Fountainhead, which became one of the most influential and widely read philosophical novels of the twentieth century, made Ayn Rand famous. An impassioned proponent of reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism, she expressed her unique views in numerous works of fiction and non-fiction that have been brought together for the first time in this one-of-a-kind volume.Containing excerpts from all her novels--including Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, and We The Living--The Ayn Rand Reader is a perfect introduction for those who have never read Rand, and provides teachers with an excellent guide to the basics of her viewpoint.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Leonard Peikoff
Editor's Preface	xiii
Gary Hull
Part One: The Fountainhead
Roark vs. Keating	3	(40)
The Quarry Sequence	43	(16)
The Stoddard Trial	59	(12)
Part Two: Ethics
Selfishness	71	(23)
From Roark's Speech	71	(8)
Why ``Selfishness''?	79	(5)
The Objectivist Ethics	84	(10)
Anti-Altruism	94	(31)
From Galt's Speech	94	(9)
Moral Inflation	103	(11)
The Age of Envy	114	(11)
Man, the Rational Animal	125	(166)
Apollo 11	125	(14)
Apollo and Dionysus	139	(5)
How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?	144	(7)
Part Three: Atlas Shrugged
Rearden's Anniversary Party	151	(40)
The John Galt Line	191	(26)
The Abandoned Factory	217	(22)
Directive 10-289	239	(20)
The Tunnel Disaster	259	(27)
Atlantis	286	(5)
Part Four: Basic Philosophy
Reason and Reality	291	(15)
Axioms of Objectivism	291	(7)
Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World	298	(8)
Mind and Body	306	(36)
Attila and the Witch Doctor	306	(16)
The Meaning of Sex	322	(3)
Of Living Death	325	(15)
On Emotions, Including Love	340	(2)
Theory of Concepts	342	(27)
Concept-Formation	342	(10)
Consciousness and Identity	352	(4)
Abstraction from Abstractions	356	(4)
Induction	360	(9)
Part Five: Early Novels and Politics
The Individual vs. the State	369	(49)
Anthem	369	(14)
We the Living	383	(35)
The Purge	383	(21)
The Profiteers on Collectivism	404	(14)
Capitalism vs. Collectivism	418	(33)
What Is Capitalism?	418	(14)
Man's Rights	432	(7)
Collectivized ``Rights''	439	(6)
On Utilitarianism	445	(6)
Part Six: Romanticism and the Benevolent Universe
Romanticism	451	(26)
The Goal of My Writing	451	(9)
What Is Romanticism?	460	(17)
The Benevolent Universe	477	(17)
Introduction to Calumet ``K''	478	(4)
Letter to a Fan	482	(2)
Don't Let It Go	484	(10)
Recommended Readings	494