Topic: Ayn Rand’s Life & Works

10 Courses

Leonard Peikoff

Ayn Rand’s Foremost Student and the Author of the Definitive Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

Reflections on Life and Personal Values

5 Lessons

5h 54m

Level

Intermediate

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In this collection of talks spanning more than a decade, Leonard Peikoff reflects on a wide range of topics of significant importance to his life, both personally and professionally. Several of these discussions are informal:...

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Harry Binswanger

Member, Board of Directors

Ayn Rand’s Life: Highlights and Sidelights

2 Lessons

2h 55m

Level

Beginner

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Ayn Rand embodied three extraordinary qualities: philosophic genius, heroic rationality and passionate man-worship. The result was the outstanding figure of the modern era—perhaps, of any era. These two lectures portray the essence of a world-historical figure...

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Gregory Salmieri

Senior Scholar of Philosophy at the Salem Center, University of Texas at Austin

Ayn Rand’s Conception of Valuing

3 Lessons

4h 23m

Level

Intermediate

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Available with Spanish subtitles! ¡Disponible con subtítulos en español! In her fiction and early journal entries, Ayn Rand frequently refers to valuing as an action that one must “know how to” perform. That choice of words represents...

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Onkar Ghate

Chief Philosophy Officer & Senior Fellow

A Study of Galt’s Speech

5 Lessons

6h 2m

Level

Intermediate

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Available with Spanish subtitles! ¡Disponible con subtítulos en español! “This is John Galt speaking.” Thus begins Ayn Rand’s explanation of her revolutionary philosophy, Objectivism—perfectly integrated into the plot of her greatest novel. This lecture course studies Galt’s speech and...

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Gregory Salmieri

Ben Bayer

The Atlas Project

34 Lessons

60h 58m

Level

Beginner

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The Atlas Project was an online, chapter-by-chapter discussion of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, exploring the novel’s intricate plot and abstract themes through online discussion and live interactive video. RESOURCES Other ways to watch and listen Preview...

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Keith Lockitch

Vice President of Content & Senior Fellow

The Fountainhead

8 Lessons

4h 31m

Level

Beginner

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Available with Spanish subtitles! ¡Disponible con subtítulos en español! What motivates a creative thinker? Is it a selfless desire to benefit mankind? A hunger for fame, fortune and accolades? The need to prove superiority? . . ....

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Elan Journo

Debi Ghate

The Ayn Rand Bookshelf

1 Lesson

0h 56m

Level

Beginner

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Available with Spanish subtitles! ¡Disponible con subtítulos en español! You may already know of Ayn Rand as author of The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged. But did you know that Rand wrote two other novels, plus many nonfiction essays on topics...

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ARI Instructor

Ayn Rand: A Writer’s Life

1 Lesson

1h 10m

Level

Beginner

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Available with Spanish subtitles! ¡Disponible con subtítulos en español! Who was Ayn Rand? What kind of person did it take to create the fictional heroes of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and to develop a new philosophy...

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Onkar Ghate

Chief Philosophy Officer & Senior Fellow

We the Living

7 Lessons

4h 53m

Level

Beginner

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We the Living is Ayn Rand’s first and least-known novel. It is the story of a young woman, Kira Argounova, who is solemnly dedicated to living her own life. But she is trapped in a collectivist...

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Keith Lockitch

Vice President of Content & Senior Fellow

Anthem

10 Lessons

3h 59m

Level

Beginner

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Available with Spanish subtitles! ¡Disponible con subtítulos en español! Anthem is Ayn Rand’s “hymn to man’s ego.” It is the story of a young man, Equality 7-2521, who yearns for knowledge. But he lives in a bleak,...

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