Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
and the
Atomic Age
It is not in the nature of man--nor of any living entity--to start out
by giving up, by spitting in one's own face and damning
existence; that requires a process of corruption whose rapidity differs
from man to man. Some give up at the first touch of
pressure; some sell out; some run down by imperceptible degrees and
lose their fire, never knowing when or how they lost it.
Then all of these vanish in the vast swamp of their elders who tell
them persistently that maturity consists of abandoning one's
mind; security, of abandoning one's values; practicality, of losing
self-esteem. Yet a few hold on and move on, knowing that that
fire is not to be betrayed, learning how to give it shape, purpose
and reality. But whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives,
men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential.
Excerpt from Introduction of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand--About
Her Life
Journal
of Ayn Rand Studies
Ayn Rand
(1905-1982)
Ayn
Rand
Objectivism:
The Philosophy of Reason
Objectivism
and Ayn Rand
Ayn
Rand
"My philosophy, in essense, is the concept of man as
a heroic
being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose
of his life,
with productive achievement as his noblest activity,
and reason as
his only absolute." --Ayn Rand
Keep Checking. This is only the beginning.
The fires keep burning.
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