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Here is the list of all the Objectivist materials I have collected
and studied in the past few years.
For those of you who has donated to the club, I do not mind loaning you any of
these materials. Please be aware that I may ask for collateral until the item
is returned depending on the items worth. |
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Ayn Rand [fiction]
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Leonard Peikoff |
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Tara Smith
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Atlas Shrugged (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
The incomparable novel about the men of the mind on strike against the creed of
self-sacrifice.
(Softcover; 1,168 pages) |
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Atlas Shrugged (MP3)
by Ayn Rand
read by Christopher Hurt
Unabridged, professional reading.
The incomparable novel about the men of the mind on strike against the creed of
self-sacrifice.
(Audio MP; 4-CD set; MP3cd Format; 56 hrs.)
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The Fountainhead (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
An intransigently independent architect refuses to compromise his standards in
work and in life.
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The Fountainhead (MP3)
by Ayn Rand
An intransigently independent architect refuses to compromise his standards in
work and in life.
(Performed by Christopher Hurt - Unabridged Fiction - 3 MP3 COMPACT DISCS - 41
hours)
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The Fountainhead (VHS)
by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand wrote the screenplay for her best-selling novel The Fountainhead.
The movie stars Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey.
(Video; 1hr., 54 min; B & W film)
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Anthem (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
In a regimented world, where the word "I" no longer exists, one
defiant man rediscovers the meaning of individualism.
(Softcover; 256 pages)
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We the Living (Paperback)
by Ayn Rand
Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
How the collectivist state crushes those who most passionately value life.
(Paperback; 464 pages)
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The Early Ayn Rand (Paperback)
by Ayn Rand
Edited (With Introduction and Notes) by Leonard Peikoff
This collection of Ayn Rand's early, unpublished fiction offers spellbinding
insights into her artistic development.
(Paperback; 434 pages)
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Night of January 16th (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand's gripping courtroom drama. A sense-of-life—rather than strictly
philosophical—play about a man who dared to rise above the masses.
(Softcover; 122 pages)
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Objectivism Research CD-ROM
by Ayn Rand
Includes works by Leonard Peikoff
Subtitled "The Philosophy of Ayn Rand."
The first and only electronically searchable, totally comprehensive reference
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The Objectivist Newsletter (Hardcover)
by Ayn Rand
(1962-66) This 224-page volume is a penetrating, philosophical dissection of
the events and ideas dominating our culture.
(Hardcover; 224 pages)
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The Objectivist (Hardcover)
by Ayn Rand
(1966-1971) Here are 69 issues of a monthly journal on the theory and
application of Objectivism.
(Hardcover; 1,120 pages)
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The Ayn Rand Letter (Hardcover)
by Ayn Rand
(1971-1976) Miss Rand's superlative ability to untangle the intellectual
significance of world events is displayed in full force in this 400-page
volume.
(Hardcover; 400 pages)
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (Paperback)
by Ayn Rand
A comprehensive defense of the only social system consistent with man's
requirements as a rational being: laissez-faire capitalism.
(Paperback; 349 pages)
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The Voice of Reason (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Edited and with additional essays by Leonard Peikoff
Ayn Rand addresses topics as varied as a "fairness doctrine" for
education, sexual psychology, and the values personified by Marilyn Monroe.
(Softcover; 353 pages)
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Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
2nd edition, edited by Harry Binswanger and Leonard Peikoff
Ayn Rand states her revolutionary theory of concepts; transcripts of invaluable
epistemology workshops she conducted are also included.
(Softcover; 314 pages)
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Ayn Rand's Marginalia (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Edited by Robert Mayhew
Ayn Rand was convinced of the life-or-death importance of ideas. Consequently,
every intellectual statement she encountered elicited a passionate response
from her. When reading books or articles, she conveyed such responses, to
herself, in the form of margin notes (or marginalia). Now, in this volume, they
are now conveyed to all.
(Softcover; 240 pages)
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Why Businessmen Need Philosophy (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Edited by Richard Ralston
When it comes to their professional lives, America's businessmen are generally
the most rational, reality-focused, egoistic group in our culture. Yet they
overwhelmingly reject philosophy as meaningless abstractions, irrelevant to
life.
(Softcover; 253 pages)
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The Ayn Rand Column (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
During the last half of 1962, Ayn Rand was a weekly columnist for the Los
Angeles Times. This book contains those 26 articles along with several other
unanthologized and lesser-known pieces by her.
(Softcover; 134 pages)
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Return of the Primitive (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Subtitled "The Anti-Industrial Revolution"
Introduction and three new essays by Peter Schwartz.
This expanded version of The New Left contains all of Ayn Rand's
original material.
(Softcover; 290 pages)
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Journals of Ayn Rand (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
edited by David Harriman
forward by Leonard Peikoff
Ayn Rand was an endless fount of brilliantly original ideas. This book is a
collection of her exploratory (and occasionally final) thoughts, from 1927
through the 1960s, on a variety of subjects.
(Softcover; 727 pages)
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The Art of Fiction (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Edited by Tore Boeckmann
Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
Subtitled "A Guide for Writers and Readers"
In 1958 Ayn Rand gave a series of extemporaneous lectures, to a handful of
people in her living room, on the nature of fiction. This book is the edited
transcript of those sessions.
(Softcover; 192 pages)
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The Art of Nonfiction (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Edited by Robert Mayhew
Introduction by Peter Schwartz
Subtitled "A Guide for Writers and Readers"
In what way is the role of the subconscious different in writing than in
editing? Should a writer's work "propagandize" for his particular
philosophy of life? How does a writer acquire a distinctive style? How does one
find good ideas for writing? Ayn Rand addresses these, and countless other,
questions about the craft of writing in this extraordinary book.
(Softcover; 208 pages)
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The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z (Softcover)
Edited by Harry Binswanger
Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
This "mini-encyclopedia" of Objectivism is compiled from Ayn Rand's
own statements on some 400 topics in philosophy, economics, psychology and
history.
(Softcover; 535 pages)
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Glossary of Objectivist Definitions (Booklet)
by Ayn Rand
Additional entries by Leonard Peikoff and Harry Binswanger
(Edited by Allison T. Kunze and Jean F. Moroney)
Have you ever wanted quickly to find Ayn Rand's definition of say,
"axiom" or "racism" or the "crow epistemology"?
This glossary now enables you to do so.
(Booklet; 60 pages)
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The Voice of Reason (Softcover)
by Ayn Rand
Edited and with additional essays by Leonard Peikoff
Ayn Rand addresses topics as varied as a "fairness doctrine" for
education, sexual psychology, and the values personified by Marilyn Monroe.
(Softcover; 353 pages)
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Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
read by Johanna Ward
Unabridged, professional reading.
This brilliantly conceived and well-organized book is based on a lecture course
given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976 entitled "The Philosophy of
Objectivism." The lectures were attended by Ayn Rand, who helped prepare
them and who also joined Peikoff in answering questions. Ayn Rand said of these
lectures: "Until or unless I write a comprehensive treatise on my
philosophy, Dr. Peikoff's course is the only authorized presentation of
the entire theoretical structure of objectivism—that is, the only one that I
know of my own knowledge to be fully accurate."
(Audio; 14-tape set; approx. 20 hrs.)
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The Ominous Parallels (Softcover)
by Leonard Peikoff
Subtitled "The End of Freedom in America," this is a brilliant
analysis of the frightening similarities between contemporary America and
pre-Nazi Germany.
(Softcover; 352 pages)
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Philosophy of Education (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
This course is not just for teachers, but for anyone who wants to understand
how to train a rational mind. This path-breaking work identifies the central
purpose of schooling—and argues that today's educational establishment is
failing miserably.
(Audio; 6-tape set; 8 hrs. 30 min., with Q & A)
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Principles of Grammar (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
The science that studies the methods of combining concepts—i.e., words—into
sentences is grammar. In this course you will learn why a mastery of the
principles of grammar is essential for precision in thinking and writing. This
is grammar as it should be—but never is—taught.
(Audio; 16-tape set; 20 hrs.)
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Objective Communication (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
This course teaches you how to present your ideas effectively. It identifies
certain principles of intellectual communication and applies them to three
areas: writing, speaking and arguing. It is concerned, not with style, but with
substance, i.e., with the basic methods necessary to achieve a clear, absorbing
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Introduction to Logic (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
An opportunity to learn reasoning through an examination of the standard topics
taught in introductory courses in Aristotelian logic. A means to evaluate your
own thinking processes.
(Audio; 20-tape set; 27 hrs.)
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Advanced Seminars on OPAR - Volumes I & II (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
Previously titled Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand- Parts I &
II
The complete taped course includes Part I and Part II. These seminars examine
Ayn Rand's entire philosophy of Objectivism. Dr. Peikoff explains the reason
for the precise wording of key formulations, defines striking integrations
among Objectivism's complex elements and, above all, presents a detailed
analysis of Objectivism's logical structure.
(Audio; 24-tape set; 27 hrs.)
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The Art of Thinking (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
Dr. Peikoff teaches you how to make the principles of Objectivist epistemology
the guide of your own daily thought processes.
(Audio; 15-tape set; 18 hrs.)
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The History of Philosophy - Volume I (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
Subtitled "Founders of Western Philosophy: Thales to Hume"
Understanding Dr. Peikoff's analyses of previous philosophic thought prepares
the listener with a cogent defense against many of today's intellectual
fallacies.
(Audio; 24-tape set; 33 hrs.)
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The History of Philosophy - Volume II (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
Subtitled "Modern Philosophy: Kant to the Present" Understanding Dr.
Peikoff's analyses of previous philosophic thought prepares the listener with a
cogent defense against many of today's intellectual fallacies. (Audio; 24-tape
set; 33 hrs.)
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Unity in Epistemology and Ethics (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
A detailed analysis and concretization of the principles that everything in the
universe is interrelated, and that every item of knowledge is connected to
every other. Why these principles are the antidote to rationalism.
(Audio; 8-tape set; 7 hrs.)
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Objectivism Through Induction (Audio)
by Leonard Peikoff
The goal of this course is to enable you to learn the principles of a
valid philosophy not from books or lectures, but independently—from reality
itself.
(Audio; 12-tape set; 18 hrs.)
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Psycho-Epistemology I (Audio)
by Harry Binswanger
Ayn Rand defined psycho-epistemology as "the study of man's cognitive
processes from the aspect of the interaction between the conscious mind and the
automatic functions of the subconscious."
(Audio; 3-tape set; 3 hrs. 30 min., with Q & A) |
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Psycho- Epistemology II (Audio)
by Harry Binswanger
Extending material presented in "Psycho-Epistemology I", Dr.
Binswanger introduces and defines a new sub-discipline: applied
psycho-epistemology.
(Audio; 2-tape set; 3 hrs., with Q & A) |
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Viable Values (Softcover)
by Tara Smith
Dr. Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, has written an
unequivocal defense of Ayn Rand's ethics. More precisely, this is a defense of
Ayn Rand's metaethics—the foundation for values as such.
(Softcover; 224 pages)
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Moral Ambition: Perfection and Pride (Audio)
by Tara Smith
Though Aristotle had praised pride as the crown of the virtues, Ayn Rand's
identification of pride as "moral ambitiousness" marked a major
breakthrough in understanding this virtue.
(Audio; 2-tape set; 3 hours, with Q & A)
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The Value of Purpose (Audio)
by Tara Smith
This lecture probes the meaning, value, and requirements of purpose. It
explores the material and spiritual dimensions of purpose's value, purpose's
relationship to reason and self-esteem; purpose's role in overcoming the
"duty" conception of ethics; the relationship between purposefulness
on small issues and pursuing a central purpose; and rationalism as an obstacle
to embracing a central purpose.
(Audio; 90 min., with Q & A)
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Rational Principles of Management (Audio)
by Edwin A. Locke
Understand and emulate the traits of very successful business leaders to foster
your own success. These five classes offer advice that is valuable even outside
of strictly business situations.
(Audio; 5-tape set; 5 hrs., with Q & A)
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Economics in One Lesson (Softcover)
by Henry Hazlitt
Henry Hazlitt is the premier elucidator of economic principles. On virtually
any important issue a matchless, crystal-clear analysis awaits you.
(Softcover; 218 pages)
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Keynesianism & the Philosophical Overthrow of Gold (Audio)
by John Ridpath
Keynesianism remains a powerful force in economic policy today; Dr. Ridpath
uncovers four major philosophical influences on Keynes' economics--in
particular, his virulent opposition to the use of gold as money.
(Audio; 90 min., with Q & A)
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The Prime Movers
by Edwin Locke
They’re a rare breed that inspires awe, envy, admiration, sometimes even
hatred. They’re idolized, criticized, and demonized. They create products,
services, or industries that quite literally change the world — and improve
the quality of life for the rest of us. They build personal fortunes worth
billions and create dominant business empires. In short, they stand out from
the rest of humanity. Who are they? They’re Prime Movers — remarkable people
who are blessed with what author Edwin Locke calls “traits of wealth.”
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The Prime Movers
by Andrew Bernstein
"Heart of a Pagan" gives us this Greek
conception of a pious man. Like the Greeks, this man
doesn't prostrate himself before gods representing the meek and humble, he
seeks his reverence and veneration on the sweaty floor of a basketball gym in
front of 2,500 people all yelling his name "Swoop! Swoop! Swoop!"
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An Introduction to Logic
by H.W.B. Joseph
Ruby’s book was first published in 1950; the second edition of 1960 is the one
now republished. This is an elementary textbook that reflects the philosophic
climate of the early to mid-twentieth century—i.e., it has enough remnants of
the nineteenth century that, in comparison to the philosophic shambles of
today, it seems clear-headed and common-sensical. (read
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Writing and Thinking
by Foerster and Steadman
Writing and Thinking—a classic grammar book, long recommended
by Leonard Peikoff, which has been brought back into print by The Paper Tiger.
According to Dr. Peikoff, "This is a truly excellent grammar, the best I
have ever found. …Its special quality is not only to make clear the rules of
grammar, but also the logic, the essential reasoning, behind those rules. (read
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Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell
At last there is a citizen's guide to the economy, written by an economist who
uses plain English. No jargon, no graphs, no equations. Yet this is a
comprehensive survey, covering everything from rent control and the rise and
fall of businesses to the international balance of payments.
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