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History: Prepared by Nathaniel Branden in the late fifties and with the endorsement of Ayn Rand, these lectures were developed and devoted to a presentation of Ayn Rand's philosophy, including aspects that had not yet been covered in her written works. Additionally, Mr. Branden's...
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Based on Mr. Branden's "The Moral Revolution in Atlas Shrugged" in Who is Ayn Rand? this lecture discusses the essentials of the ethical and pol...
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The ability to reason is man's most important faculty - the attribute which lifts him above all other species. Yet, the science of using his rational faculty effectively has been almost entirely neglected. Most people fail to realize that thinking is not an automatic process, known to eve...
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This recording was made available by The Nathaniel Branden Institute.
A lecture given and recorded at a meeting of the Michigan Society of Consulting Psychologists in Detroit on November 24, 1965. Mr. Branden discusses why the Objectivist ethics is indispensable to effective psychotherapy.
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This recording was made available by The Nathaniel Branden Institute. A lecture given and recorded at Stanford University on January 21, 1966. Mr. Branden discusses the questions: What is the problem of alienation? What is personal identity? What is the significance of the attacks on capi...
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An informal discussion with a group of teenagers. The questions asked by the group and answered by Mr. Branden are among those most frequently raised, by people of all ages, on the subject of sex. This recording was made available by The Nathaniel Branden Institute. The audio qual...
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This recording was made available by The Nathaniel Branden Institute. It was based on an article by Mr. Branden which originally appeared in The Objectivist Newsletter (1962) and discusses the mental processes and motives of the psychological dependent or "second-hander." The audio quality of t...
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This provocative lecture was given at the Laissez Faire Supper Club in New York City on November 10th, 1988 by David Kelley, the noted Objectivist philosopher, author of The Evidence of the Senses, The Art of Reasoning, former contributor to The Objectivist Forum and fr...
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In this newly released interview made in 1980 at her home in New York, Ayn Rand talks with Ray Newman about the essential principles of her philosophy, Objectivism; how the virtue of selfishness is prescribed by mans nature; why the question What is the purpose of life? is an improper one; her st...
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What is Objectivism? Who is an Objectivist? How should a philosophy of reason constitute itself as a movement? In the 1990 lecture that inaugurated The Objectivist Center, David Kelley explains how a spirit of independent thought, open inquiry, rational discussion and debate is necessary for Objecti...
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