This analogy with the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Europe is intended to suggest that a similar movement within Islam would....
What gives her fiction compelling power? The Literary Art of Ayn Rand, a book published by The Atlas Society, brings together seven expert
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Norway recently lost its wealthiest citizen. No, he didn't die. Rather, he left or, to be more accurate, was driven out of the country for..
Objectivism holds that there is one reality, the one in which we live. It is self-evident that reality exists and is what it is; our job is
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Stephen Hicks, PhD is The Atlas Society Senior Scholar. He teaches philosophy at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois.
Scholars, students, and fans of Ayn Rand ’s masterwork, Atlas Shrugged , often find it difficult to grasp the complex details of its plot..
One day in the 1940’s, a young reporter asked Ayn Rand about the new novel he heard that she was planning.
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This selective listing includes the novel's more noteworthy characters.....
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