Ayn Rand
Born February 2, 1905 · Died March 6, 1982
From Saint Petersburg, Russia · Nationality: United States, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russian Republic, statelessness · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;[a] February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (/aɪn/), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She wrote a play that opened on Broadway in 1935. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, until her death in 1982, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays.
Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge; she rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral5 and opposed collectivism, statism, and anarchism. Instead, she supported laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights, including property rights. Although Rand opposed libertarianism, which she viewed as anarchism, she is often associated with the modern libertarian movement. In art, Rand promoted romantic realism.
Quotes
“I am. I think. I will.”
Anthem “The skyline of New York is a monument of a splendor that no pyramids or palaces will ever equal or approach.”
The Virtue of Selfishness “A gun is not an argument.”
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal “In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone.”
Anthem “The moral precept to adopt...is: Judge, and be prepared to be judged.”
The Virtue of Selfishness
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Ayn Rand in order
Books by Ayn Rand in the order they were published, from Anthem (1936) to Box A Revolta De Atlas - 3 Volumes (2010).
- 1Anthem
Anthem1936 - 2Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged1936 - 3Night of January 16th
Night of January 16th1936 - 4We the Living
We the Living1936 - 5The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead1943 - 6The Fountainhead. By Ayn Rand. Blakiston EditionThe Fountainhead. By Ayn Rand. Blakiston Edition1943
- 7For the New Intellectual
For the New Intellectual1961 - 8The Virtue of Selfishness
The Virtue of Selfishness1964 - 9Capitalism
Capitalism1967 - 10Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology1967 - 11The Romantic Manifesto
The Romantic Manifesto1969 - 12The New Left
The New Left1971 - 13Philosophy, Who Needs It
Philosophy, Who Needs It1982 - 14The Early Ayn Rand
The Early Ayn Rand1984 - 15The Art of Fiction
The Art of Fiction2000 - 16The Art of Nonfiction
The Art of Nonfiction2001 - 17Three Plays
Three Plays2005 - 18Box A Revolta De Atlas - 3 Volumes
Box A Revolta De Atlas - 3 Volumes2010 - 19Ayn Rand's Marginalia
Ayn Rand's Marginalia - 20Letters of Ayn Rand
Letters of Ayn Rand - 21Return of the Primitive
Return of the Primitive - 22The Ayn Rand Lexicon
The Ayn Rand Lexicon - 23The Ayn Rand Reader
The Ayn Rand Reader - 24The Journals of Ayn Rand
The Journals of Ayn Rand