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For the New Intellectual

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Description

Full Title: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand Author(s): Ayn Rand Year Published: 1961 Publisher: Publication Type: Commercial ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Description: As her first non-fiction book, this collection leveraged Rand's fame as a novelist. Much of the material consists of excerpts from Rand's novels, supplemented by a long title essay that focuses on the history of philosophy. Cover Blurb: AYN RAND challenged the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the "atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion" which they created. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a new moral philosophy -- an ethic of rational self-interest -- that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this new morality -- "a philosophy for living on earth" -- are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL. (From a Signet paperback printing.)

Contents

• Preface
• For the New Intellectual
• We the Living
• Anthem
• The Fountainhead
  • The Nature of the Second-Hander
  • The Soul of a Collectivist
  • The Soul of an Individualist
• Atlas Shrugged
  • The Meaning of Money
  • The Martyrdom of the Industrialists
  • The Moral Meaning of Capitalism
  • The Meaning of Sex
  • "From Each According to His Ability, To Each According to His Need"
  • The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine
  • The Nature of an Artist
  • "This is John Galt Speaking"

Related Links

• Excerpts from the passages included in this book:
  • Chapter in Anthem excerpted in this book (contains some material not included in this book)
  • Conversation from Atlas Shrugged titled in this book as The Martyrdom of the Industrialists (contains some material not included in this book)
  • Conversation from Atlas Shrugged titled in this book as The Meaning of Sex
  • From "This Is John Galt Speaking" (contains some material not included in this book)

Reviews, Criticism and Analysis

The following perspectives on this book are available online:

• Kyle Fitzgibbons on his blog

Additional keywords: Ann Rand, Anne Rand, Ayn Rad, Ayn Ran, Any Rand

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