{"product_id":"the-voice-of-reason-essays-in-objectivist-thought-9780452010468","title":"The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought","description":"Between 1961, when she gave her first talk at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston, and 1981, when she gave the last talk of her life in New Orleans, \u003cb\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/b\u003e spoke and wrote about topics as varied as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Monroe\u003c\/b\u003e. In \u003cb\u003eThe Voice of Reason\u003c\/b\u003e, these pieces, written in the last decades of Rand's life, are gathered in book form for the first time. With them are five essays by \u003cb\u003eLeonard Peikoff\u003c\/b\u003e, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor. The work concludes with Peikoff's epilogue, \"My Thirty Years With Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir,\" which answers the question \"What was Ayn Rand really like?\" Important reading for all thinking individuals, Rand's later writings reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. This collection communicates not only Rand's singular worldview, but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn February 2, 1905, \u003cb\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/b\u003e published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eWe the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1936. \u003ci\u003eAnthem\u003c\/i\u003e followed in 1938. It was with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Fountainhead\u003c\/i\u003e (1943) and \u003ci\u003eAtlas Shrugged\u003c\/i\u003e (1957) that she achieved her spectacular success. Rand's unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are put forth in three nonfiction books, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Objectivist Epistemology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Selfishness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapitalism: The Unknown Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e. They are all available in Signet editions, as is the magnificent statement of her artistic credo, \u003ci\u003eThe Romantic Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692763353362,"sku":"9780452010468","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e46f519-1fbd-4ad8-b5ef-bf9550442085.jpg?v=1734132479","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-voice-of-reason-essays-in-objectivist-thought-9780452010468","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}