Topic: Writing & Communication

7 Courses

Ayn Rand

Originator of the Philosophy of Objectivism

The Art of Fiction

12 Lessons

22h 34m

Level

Intermediate

Completed 0%

In 1958, the year after Atlas Shrugged was published, a small group of aspiring writers and fiction lovers gathered in Ayn Rand’s living room for an informal course on literature. Speaking extemporaneously from just a few handwritten...

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Leonard Peikoff

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

Lectures on Culture and Politics

5 Lessons

6h 10m

Level

Intermediate

Completed 0%

In this collection of talks and lectures, Leonard Peikoff addresses key cultural, philosophical, and political phenomena from the perspective of Objectivism. Topics include: the philosophic foundations of capitalism and the rise of statism in America,...

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Gregory Salmieri

Ben Bayer

Objective Thinking

6 Lessons

8h 19m

Level

Intermediate

Completed 0%

If you are an honest person, you are not content to hold beliefs subjectively—because of accidental features of your psychology or circumstances. You aspire to be objective—to conform all of your thinking to the facts....

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Leonard Peikoff

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

Principles of Grammar

8 Lessons

18h 59m

Level

Intermediate

Completed 0%

Grammar is the science that studies the methods of combining words into sentences. Discover how this normally dry subject is transformed into an engrossing epistemological field of study. Learn why a mastery of the principles...

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Leonard Peikoff

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

Writing: A Mini-Course

2 Lessons

3h 43m

Level

Intermediate

Completed 0%

Learning to write, Dr. Peikoff explains, requires not only an understanding of the proper principles, but also the ability to apply those principles to one's actual writing. These lectures feature exercises on six different aspects of...

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Leonard Peikoff

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

The Art of Thinking

8 Lessons

14h 27m

Level

Advanced

Completed 0%

Do you want to improve your method of thinking? This is a course on what to do with your mind during the act of thought, when to do it and how to do it. Leonard Peikoff...

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Leonard Peikoff

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

Objective Communication

10 Lessons

25h 6m

Level

Intermediate

Completed 0%

If you want to convey your thoughts clearly — in a report for work, a speech for school or a discussion with friends — this course offers valuable advice from an Objectivist perspective. Drawing on...

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