Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), known by her pen name Ayn Rand , was an 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 had 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, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral 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 she was opposed to libertarianism, which she viewed as anarchism, she is often associated with the modern libertarian movement. In …
Ayn Rand
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Alisa Zinov’evna Rozenbaum, 兰德.安, Alicja Rozenbaum, and 44 others
Rand, आयन रैंड, Ayn Rand O'Connor, Э Рэнд, Рэнд, Ajn Rėnd, Ајн Ранд, അയ്ൻ റാൻഡ്, Ain Rand, Айн Ранд, אין רנד, ئاین راند, Aina Renda, Alissa Zinov'evna Rozenbaum, Any Rosenbaum, Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Ayn R. O'Connor, ኤይን ራንድ, Άυν Ραντ, Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Rand Ayn, Alise Rozenbauma, アイン ランド, Айн Рэнд, אליסה רוזנבאום, Ajn Rand, 艾茵·兰德, איין ראנד, آين راند, アイン・ランド, Alissa Rosenbaum, آین رند, 아인 랜드, איין רנד, அய்ன் ரேண்ட், Айн Ренд, Розенбаум, Ajn Rend, Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум, Ayn Rand, Ayn Randová, Ajn Rènd, Alice Rosenbaum, Այն Ռանդ - Born:
- Feb. 2, 1905
- Died:
- March 6, 1982
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Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), known by her pen name Ayn Rand , was an 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 had 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, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral 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 she was opposed to libertarianism, which she viewed as anarchism, she is often associated with the modern libertarian movement. In art, Rand promoted romantic realism. She was sharply critical of most philosophers and philosophical traditions known to her, except for Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and classical liberals.Literary critics received Rand's fiction with mixed reviews. Although academic interest in her ideas has grown since her death, academic philosophers have generally ignored or rejected her philosophy due to her polemical approach and lack of methodological rigor. Her writings have had political influence among libertarians and some conservatives. The Objectivist movement attempts to spread her ideas, both to the public and in academic settings.
