Thursday, October 11, 2012

who was Ayn Rand? - a biography, Playboy interview, 1964

who was Ayn Rand? - a biography, Playboy interview, 1964:

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excerpt:

RAND: I seek to provide men -- or those who care to think -- with an integrated, consistent and rational view of life.
PLAYBOY: What are the basic premises of Objectivism? Where does it begin?
RAND: It begins with the axiom that existence exists, which means that an objective reality exists independent of any perceiver or of the perceiver's emotions, feelings, wishes, hopes or fears. Objectivism holds that reason is man's only means of perceiving reality and his only guide to action. By reason, I mean the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man's senses."

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