The Objectivism Research CD Rom: The Works of Ayn Rand
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A collection of Ayn Rand's works in a compact electronic searchable form.Tags
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So comprehensively tailored for independent inquiry that I would even be willing to install Chrome and a Chrome extension that draws on its contents. The extension would give me inline explanations for terms I read, and give me Objectivist philosophy, and Ayn Rand fiction and non-fiction contextual references and explanations so that I can more fully and immediately grasp anything I read online. The extension would define terms on the epistemological grounds of Objectivism on whatever webpage I am reading. When it sees a name, word, place or reference, it would add an inline explanation in an Objectivist and/or Ayn Rand fiction and non-fiction context. Hovering on the explanation would provide more detail from these records.
If the show more CD-ROM could be revived in this format, it would give me depth of insight and questions to ask that I would never think of without its contents. show less
If the show more CD-ROM could be revived in this format, it would give me depth of insight and questions to ask that I would never think of without its contents. show less
The first and only electronically searchable, totally comprehensive reference work for the history-changing ideas of Ayn Rand. Including Anthem, We The Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and the vast majority of her non-fiction writing, as well as Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, and other works.
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Ayn Rand, 1905 - 1982 Novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was born Alice Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She graduated with highest honors in history from the University of Petrograd in 1924, and she came to the United States in 1926 with dreams of becoming a screenwriter. In 1929, she married actor Charles "Frank" O'Connor. show more After arriving in Hollywood, Rand was spotted by Cecil B. DeMille standing at the gate of his studio and gave her a job as an extra in King of Kings. She also worked as a script reader and a wardrobe girl and, in 1932, she sold Red Pawn to Universal Studios. In the 1950's, she returned to New York City where she hosted a Saturday night group she called "the collective." It was also during this time that Rand received a fan letter from a young man, Nathaniel Branden. She was impressed with his letter, and she wrote him back. Her correspondence with him eventually led to an affair that lasted over a decade. He became her chief spokesperson and codified the principles of her novels into a strict philosophical system (objectivism) and founded an institute bearing his name. Their affair ended in 1968 when Branden got involved with another one of Rand's disciples. According to Rand, people are inherently selfish and act only out of personal interest making a selfish act, a rational one. It is from this belief that her characters play out their lives. Rand's first novel was "We the Living" (1936) and was followed by "Anthem" (1938), "The Fountainhead" (1943), and "Atlas Shrugged" (1957). All four of her novels made the top ten of the controversial list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. On March 6, 1982, Ayn Rand died in her New York City apartment. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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