Ayn Rand

Born

in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

February 02, 1905

Died

March 06, 1982

Website

http://www.aynrand.org

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Nonfiction

Influences

Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Nietzsche, Victor Hug ...more

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Alisa Rosenbaum was born in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg to a prosperous Jewish family. When the Bolsheviks requisitioned the pharmacy owned by her father, Fronz, the Rosenbaums fled to the Crimea. Alisa returned to the city (renamed Leningrad) to attend the university, but in 1926 relatives who had already settled in America offered her the chance of joining them there. With money from the sale of her mother's jewelry, Alisa bought a ticket to New York. On arrival at Ellis Island, she changed into Ayn (after a name of some Finnish author, probably "Aino") Rand (which she said was an abbreviation of her Russian surname). She moved swiftly to Hollywood, where she learned English, worked in the RKO wardrobe department and as an extra, and ...more

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	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.69 avg rating — 360,389 ratings — published 1957 — 218 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 3.87 avg rating — 301,722 ratings — published 1943 — 207 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthem 3.63 avg rating — 134,759 ratings — published 1938 — 1957 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We the Living by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 26,484 ratings — published 1936 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (Contributor) 3.52 avg rating — 12,817 ratings — published 1961 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead 4.10 avg rating — 4,583 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan 3.89 avg rating — 3,896 ratings — published 1966 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 3,011 ratings — published 1961 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 2,797 ratings — published 1982 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romantic Manifesto 3.74 avg rating — 3,075 ratings — published 1969 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ayn Rand

The Ayn Rand Library (6 books)
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Ayn Rand,

Leonard Peikoff (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

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Atlas shrugged (3 books)
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Ayn Rand,

Софія Андрухович (Translator)

4.27 avg rating — 7,286 ratings

Quotes by Ayn Rand

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps 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

tags: inspirational, life

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“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

tags: atlas, shrugged

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