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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

    Just Shut Up and Think

    SpookyKitty
    By SpookyKitty,
    Use the full power of your rational mind to answer, as best as possible, the following open-ended problems: 1) Predict the next five numbers in each sequence and justify your reasoning: a) 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,.... b) 0,1,3,7,15,31,63,127,... c) 0,1,-1,3,-5,11,-21,... d) 0,0,1,2,1,-2,-3,2,9,6,-11,... e) 0,0,1/3,1/3,2/15,7/90,73/630,... 2) Do the same as above except come up with a different answer and justify your reasoning 3) Which of your two answer

    Economic Freedom's: Objectivists are working to save the world from tyranny--isn't that altruism?

    Economic Freedom
    By Economic Freedom,
    *** Split from Objectivists are working to save the world from tyranny--isn't that altruism? *** I got the interpretation from Aristotle himself by actually reading his treatise on politics; viz.: https://historyofeconomicthought.mcmaster.ca/aristotle/Politics.pdf Page 8, Part V "But is there any one thus intended by nature to be a slave, and for whom such a condition is expedient and right, or rather is not all slavery a violation of nature? There is no difficulty i

    Reblogged:Friday Hodgepodge

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Four Things 1. New Ideal announces a new book on abortion rights by Ben Bayer:The blog advertises a preview PDF and a Kindle edition as available now, with a paperback to be released shortly. 2. Harry Binswanger considers that tired old objection, to real money -- "You can't eat gold." -- and finds a delightful truth:I recommend reading the rest: Its beauty lies in its ability to provoke thought in opponents and allies alike. 3. To say that, in our culture, most people do not understand

    D.C./northern VA

    The Wrath
    By The Wrath,
    I'm thinking the D.C. area could use a local forum. I don't know how many others there are on here, but I think there are at least a couple. Plus, there's always exciting events and speeches going on here.

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