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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

    North Koreans die saving portraits...

    stonebuddha
    By stonebuddha,
    North Koreans die trying to save portraits of their Totalitarian masters... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...th_portraits_dc

    Help Me, Please.

    SMS
    By SMS,
    I was a very promising student who gave up. I have come to the point of intentionally having left one of my papers and, while choosing the torture of fear for my future over the agony of boredom in class was very difficult, that is why I did it - because it was agony. That is a most horrible choice to have to make. I find it very, very hard to give a damn about my teachers or what they teach except for a few programming courses which I've studied on my own and, due to my strong analytical s

    Physics Equations

    I. Kant
    By I. Kant,
    I need some help! Are there physics equations for time, electromagnativity, and gravity?????

    Quantum Reality And Objectivism

    Guest Jerry
    By Guest Jerry,
    Hey guys thanks for answering my question a few weeks back on the Vietnam/altruism quote from Rand. I have been studying Objectivism on and off for about a year now. I have decided to read Peikoffs book again (I read it last year at this time) so I can better assimilate what I have picked up from web sites and various other books from Rand on Objectivism. I was wondering what is the proper Objectivist response to the claims of shrodingers cat and indeterminate reality? Searches on the

    Objectivist Taped Lecture Courses!!!

    DPW
    By DPW,
    I just bought a house. In order to furnish it I need money. And I have no money. But I do have Objectivist lectures. To that end, help me out and buy some of these tapes. All of them are in like-new condition, the price is negotiable, and to sweeten the pot, I'll even ship orders over $100 to you 2nd day UPS at no extra cost. Just send me an email if you're interested. [Note: All of these are in taped format]. Objectivism: State of the Art - by Leonard Peikoff. Suggested price: $70.

    How do you personally ground your abstractions?

    Bowzer
    By Bowzer,
    I took the course when it was originally given some years ago, but I have recently purchased Objectivism Through Induction (OTI) and I am doing the course again. I found OTI fascinating then and I am finding it even more fascinating this time around. OTI's basic purpose is to get you to see principles as "summaries of concretes." I would like to learn how you fight floating abstractions in your own thinking. What techniques have you found useful? How do you identify those abstractions which

    Introductions

    Guest Kien
    By Guest Kien,
    I registered this weekend so I had better introduce myself before long. My name is Kien Nguyen from So. Orange, NJ. I am an architect with my own office for the last 13 years. I came across Objectivism 6 years ago at mid-life and mid-career and yet there were no difficulties with me identifying with it fully. I'm sure it would be more difficult had I been married to any of the few women I knew; one predicted for me a perpetual single life because I won't go with the flow and just set

    Howdy From Houston

    scottkursk
    By scottkursk,
    Hello. Where to begin. Lessee....was an athiest since at least 82 at the ripe age of 12. Was introduced into the free market by a group called 10 Pillars Foundation that took mush brained kids in public schools about how important free market economics is. They also had a group of kids called the Constitutional Corroborators. They had 8 kids that memorized the constitution. Not a simple feat. The groups now employess people like Burton Folsom and Jacob "Bumper" Hornberger to teach public sc

    Not Voting

    MisterSwig
    By MisterSwig,
    Some people here have stated that they do not intend to vote for a president in the coming election, because the candidates are too evil. This brings to mind two questions: 1. At what point is a candidate so evil that you absolutely cannot vote for him? 2. And, in general, does a non-vote have any value? If so, in what context? I haven't formulated answers to these questions. Before giving my own thoughts, I'd appreciate any comments.

    Warding Of Trolls

    Bold Standard
    By Bold Standard,
    I had an idea on a way to possibly reduce the amount of trolls comming in, while still allowing those new to Objectivism (even to philosophy in general) to feel comfortable to ask questions and learn and not be in fear of wasting our time, or of being rejected etc. Those new to Ayn Rand and just for the first time trying to sort through the massive amount of information and missinformation about her and her ideas are sure to run into a massive amount of "Rand slandered." The reasons behi

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