AUTHOR | AYN RAND
Ayn Rand | Writer
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, Rand moved to the United States in 1926. She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935–1936. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful in America, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead.
In 1957, she published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own magazines and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge, and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism, and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral, and opposed collectivism and statism as
Born: 1905-02-02
Born in: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1982-03-06
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“ Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, ...
“ These are the things before me. And as I stand here ...
“ For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my s...
“ Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer ...
“ The source of man's rights is not divine law or a co...
“ We are those who do not disconnect the values of the...
“ And suddenly that we were laughing out loud, laughin...
“ A rational process is a moral process. You may make ...
“ I think, therefore I'll think.
“ Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be s...
“ I recognize no obligations toward men except one: to...
“ My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the ...
“ Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand st...
“ She found a dark satisfaction in pain–because that p...
“ Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driv...
“ You know, I think that only if one feels immensely i...