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The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought
The Voice of Reason Essays in Objectivist Thought
Author: Ayn Rand
Written in the last decades of Rand's life, these pieces reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. — In the years between her first public lecture in 1961 and her last in 1981, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as different as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. In The Voice o...  more », these pieces are gathered together in book form for the first time.

Written in the last decades of Rand's life, they reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. With them are five essays by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor. The work concludes with Peikoff's epilogue, ''My Thirty Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir,'' which answers the question, what was Ayn Rand really like? Important reading for all thinking individuals, this collection communicates not only Rand's singular worldview but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise. ''Persuasive. . . well-articulated. . . prime Rand!'' Kirkus Reviews ''Thirty-one entirely provocative essays.'' Charleston Evening Post ''Thought-provoking…vintage Rand!'' Richmond News-Leader
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ISBN-13: 9781433226656
ISBN-10: 1433226650
Publication Date: 10/1/2008
Pages: 1
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When reading anything that Ayn Rand wrote, you have to keep in mind that she was a staunch Atheist and her writings carry that same theme over and over again. But...she has an interesting point of view. For those of you who read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and enjoyed them, then you will find her essays as equally thought provoking.



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