Objectivism Philosophy of Ayn Rand (OPAR)

Philosophy, in Ayn Rand’s view, is the fundamental force shaping every man and culture. It is the science that guides men’s conceptual faculty, and thus every field of endeavor that counts on this faculty. objectivismphilosophyaynrand.com

END THE IRANIAN REGIME & FREE IRAN "What Germany was to Nazism in the 1940s, Iran is to terrorism today. Whatever else it does, therefore, the U.S. can put an end to the Jihad-mongers only by taking out Iran." — LEONARD PEIKOFF, 2001 🔗 comments

Concepts as Objective "According to Objectivism, epistemology is necessary for practical purposes, as a guide to man in the proper use of his conceptual faculty." - LEONARD PEIKOFF objectivismphilosophyaynrand.com/contents/objec…

@brentthomas11 TY! Yes, as Dr. Peikoff explains, it’s a unique type of love and value —unlike the love of family members…more selfish, in effect. a.co/d/0bNkF43V

Advanced Seminars on Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand In this advanced philosophy course Leonard Peikoff elaborates and "chews" his book "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" (OPAR). Includes material left out from the book! youtube.com/watch?v=g647w2…

"Capitalism implements the right code of morality because it is based on the right view of metaphysics and epistemology. It is the system of virtue because it is the system of objectivity." - LEONARD PEIKOFF

"The choice today is mass death in the United States or mass death in the terrorist nations. Our Commander-In-Chief must decide whether it is his duty to save Americans or the governments who conspire to kill them." — LEONARD PEIKOFF, 2001 capitalismmagazine.com/2010/09/end-st…

Existence, Consciousness, and Identity as the Basic Axioms An excerpt from chapter 1 on Reality from Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff. objectivismphilosophyaynrand.com/contents/reali…

This axiom does not tell us anything about the nature of existents; it merely underscores the fact that they exist." - LEONARD PEIKOFF, OPAR, Ch. 1.

"We begin as philosophers where we began as babies, at the only place there is to begin: by looking at the world.

@OPARAynRand Regarding his course on which @OPARAynRand is based Ayn Rand had this to say...

"Rights, contrary to a formulation common during the Enlightenment, do not derive from man's source or 'creator.' They derive from the fact of man's existence and the requirements of his survival, however he came into being." - Leonard Peikoff, OPAR

"The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his guide." objectivismphilosophyaynrand.com