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    Objectivism Is The Everyman's Philosophy

    In the universe, what you see is what you get,

    figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness,

    and each person's independence is respected by all

  • Rand's Philosophy in Her Own Words

    • "Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness"
    • "Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue"
    • "Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live"
    • "Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"

  • Objectivism Online Chat

    About the Russian aggression of Ukraine

    AlexL
    By AlexL,
    An analysis of John Mearsheimer's position, which is: "it is not Putin but the West, especially the U.S., that’s principally responsible for this disaster. The Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault.” The analysis continues:   Read here the full analysis.

    Reblogged:Murdock Tells Us What Trump Cost the GOP

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Or: When a Call to Arms Amounts to an Early Post-Mortem Governor Brian Kemp was primaried by a Trump-backed candidate, but won reelection in Georgia by over seven percent. Herschel Walker lost a runoff. (Image by the Office of U.S. Senator David Perdue, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.)Even if I were the type to stay up for election results -- I am not -- I am pretty sure I could have slept through reporting on the Georgia runoff, which pitted a leftist clergyman against an empty suit. Can

    Hipparchus' Star Map

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Part of the star map of Hipparchus(+) has been found. 

    Blocked off my account

    Guest AlexL
    By Guest AlexL,
    Please confirm that this message was successfully received ! Account: Username : AlexL Email: [email protected]   Hi, I can't login into my account anymore. Before that happened, I tried, in my profile, to redefine my email address (to the same as before, in fact). Now, when trying to log in, I  get a message that I didn't yet confirmed my new email address by clicking a link in the confirmation mail I had to get from the Objectivism Online Forum. But I

    Reblogged:Rand's "The Establishing of an Establishment" Meets von Mises's Bureaucracy

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    "Government funding means government control." -- Me to a lefty friend years ago, on why I would not sign her petition for more government "support" of the arts. *** Two professors writing for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal argue that "Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower." I think the below nicely summarizes what they lay out, as far as the symptoms go:They make a few stabs at causes, but I found their analysis unsatisfying. Yes, there is corruption. Yes, recent economy

    Domestic Flight / Real ID

    tadmjones
    By tadmjones,
    During the national shutdown, I had to renew  my drivers' licenses and the option of choice if not the only option at the time was to use the interwebs. Having used the web previously for renewing other state documents I was familiar with additional screens in the process that ask for extra services for an additional fee, I normally just decline and proceed to the next screen , well my bad for not reading all the words as one of the choices was to file for a "REAL ID", but I bypassed the option

    My Thoughts on the Objectivist Aesthetics

    KyaryPamyu
    By KyaryPamyu,
    Although Rand never mentions how she reached her theory of art, it's reasonable to assume that she did it by induction from established and important works of literature, painting etc. Virtually all art up until the late 19th century has been representational. Rand's contribution is a theory of representational art, so it can be argued that it has little application to alternative frameworks such as non-representational and conceptual art. Whether this is a limitation or not comes down to your p

    Age of Electricity

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Annual amount of electrical energy produced by countries of the world is here. Leading source for generation of electric power for each US state, 2001 v 2019. Information used by NYT (10/28/20) in making these maps is from the US Energy Information Agency.

    Reblogged:Every Day and Every Breath Are Sacred

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Conservative Ross Douthat complains at length that Canada permits euthanasia. It is worthwhile to consider what Douthat complains about. He opens:I have embedded the video below, but I have not made my mind up on it. It is touching in its portrayal of Hatch and what she loved about life. At the same time, it was made with the aim of persuading people that assisted suicide is a good thing, and I am inclined to think that it ends up being red meat for most of those who already share that opini

    Ayn Rand: Her Life, Her Philosophy

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    . Who Is Ayn Rand? Ayn Rand in Her Own Words

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