Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

By Leonard Peikoff "The book presents Ayn Rand's entire philosophy, building it up step by step from its axiomatic base to its value-implications for man's life—from 'existence exists' to egoism in ethics, capitalism in politics and Romanticism in esthetics. The 12 terse chapter headings are indicative of the book's essentialized, absolutist approach: Reality, Sense Perception and Volition, Concept-Formation, Objectivity, Reason, Man, The Good, Virtue, Happiness, Government, Capitalism, and Art. The book is the product and pinnacle of a lifetime devoted to understanding Objectivism." —Harry Binswanger in The Intellectual Activist Table of ContentsChapter 1: RealityExistence, Consciousness, and Identity as the Basic AxiomsCausality as a Corollary of IdentityExistence as Possessing Primacy Over ConsciousnessThe Metaphysically Given as AbsoluteIdealism and Materialism as the Rejection of Basic AxiomsChapter 2: Sense Perception and VolitionThe Senses as Necessarily ValidSensory Qualities a