Ayn Rand
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born
January 02, 1905
died
March 06, 1982
gender
female
place of birth
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
genre
Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Nonfiction
influences
Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Nietzsche, Victor Hugo, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ludwig von Mises, Isabel Paterson
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Rand's writing (both fiction and non-fiction) emphasizes the philosophic concepts of objective reality in metaphysics, reason in epistemology, and rational egoism in ethics. In politics she was a proponent of laissez-faire capitalism and a staunch defender of individual rights, believing that the sole function of a proper government is protection of individual rights (including property rights).
She believed that individuals must choose their values and actions solely by reason, and that "Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others." According to Rand, the individual "must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to hi...more
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The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand avg rating 3.49 — 1,247 ratings — published 1964 24 editions |
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand avg rating 3.70 — 496 ratings — published 1967 8 editions |
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The Romantic Manifesto by Ayn Rand avg rating 3.60 — 400 ratings — published 1971 11 editions |
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"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
— Ayn Rand
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— Ayn Rand
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swaps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours."
— Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)
12 editions— Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)
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"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
— Ayn Rand
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— Ayn Rand
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