Ayn Rand

[THX-1138]

Where can i find Ayn Rand's works online other than Anthem?

[Admin]

They're mostly going to be copyrighted still.

[aeroport]

Yeah, there aren't really any full-texts you can view, but there are certainly a few directories to specific sections (mainly philosophical speeches).

[THX-1138]

thank you all

[jon1jt]

buy Atlas Shrugged, it's worth having in your collection. :)

[Admin]

... just skip that 70 page radio speed at around page 1000.

[jon1jt]

... just skip that 70 page radio speed at around page 1000.

Atlas Shrugged has a great ending, yes!---Ayn Rand poured ten years into writing the book and every page is imbued with philosophical/political relevance. Cheered for Dagney Taggart the whole 1100+ pages!

[Admin]

Repetitive relevance maybe. Once you get that far into the book you've heard the philosphy many times over and Galt is just repeating it. Then, within the speech, he repeats it again, over and over, just using different metaphors.

For me it was just annoying. Read 30 pages, then skimmed through until I noticed the speech was over.

[jon1jt]

Repetitive relevance maybe. Once you get that far into the book you've heard the philosphy many times over and Galt is just repeating it. Then, within the speech, he repeats it again, over and over, just using different metaphors.

For me it was just annoying. Read 30 pages, then skimmed through until I noticed the speech was over.


i agree admin, the book has its fair share of repetition, but each speech deals with nuanced aspects of the self-interest theme that runs through the book. Rand's "For the New Intellectual" breaks down each of the speeches into topics: the meaning of money; the martyrdom of the industrialists; the moral meaning of capitalism; from each according to his ability, to each according to need; the nature of an artist; and my personal favorite, the capstone speech, "this is John Galt speaking."