childhood, 184–85
childhood and, 177–82
concentration camps and, 288
conception and, 149, 152, 156–57, 170–73, 180–81, 189–91
context and, 153, 172
creativity and, 170–71, 181, 196–97
culture and, 298–99, 301–6
differentiation and, 149, 157
dualism and, 122, 154
education and, 302–6
efficacy and, 201–3, 212–14, 253–54
emotions and, 169–73, 178, 179, 180–81, 182–88, 189–91, 199, 340
epistemology and, 143–61, 172–73, 189–91, 213–14, 240, 244–45, 252
ethics and, 220, 224, 227, 228–29, 244–45
existence and, 124–26, 131–32, 138–39, 146, 149, 165, 169, 220
experience and, 177–78
focus and, 152–54, 199
force and, 252–55
freedom and, 252–55
history and, 334–35, 341
honesty and, 293
idealism and, 143, 216
identity and, 131–32, 140–41, 150–51, 157
integration and, 149, 156–57, 159–61, 177
intrinsicism and, 148
introspection and, 200
irrationality and, 301–6
literature and, 192–93, 196–97
logic and, 154–55, 241
Lossky and, 146
love and, 239
Marxism and, 126
materialism and, 216
methods of, 181–82
mind-body dichotomy and, 184–85
mysticism and, 148, 169–70
objectivism and, 150–51, 161
Objectivism and, 189–91, 347, 348, 349–52, 355–57
omniscience and, 131, 199–200, 213
ontology and, 122, 124–26, 131–32, 138–39, 140–41
perception and, 149–52, 154, 156–57, 169, 171–72, 179
philosophy and, 197–201
productive work and, 230–32, 253–54
psychology and, 169–73, 177–88
radicalism and, 159–60
rationalism and, 212–14
rationality and, 244–45, 355–57
realism and, 143–49, 144
reason and, 154–56, 169–73, 182–88, 189–91, 196–97, 212–14, 240, 254
relations and, 125, 150, 156–61, 173, 239, 281–82
religion and, 154, 169–70
science and, 131, 151–52, 213
self-esteem and, 234, 238, 239
sensation and, 149–52, 156–57
sense of life and, 177, 178–81
senses and, 149–52, 154
sex and, 187–88, 237, 239
skepticism and, 148
social theory and, 154, 272, 301–6
society and, 355–57
the subconscious, 172–73, 177–82, 189, 191–92, 227, 228–29, 237, 240
subjectivism and, 146, 148, 150–51, 161
tacit dimensions and, 197–201, 240
visibility and, 239
volition and, 131, 137, 152–54, 165, 182, 201, 252
conscription, 263–64, 315, 317, 446n. 42
conservatism, 330–32
constitutive properties, 135
constructivism, 208, 210–12
content. See awareness
context. See also history; systemics
awareness and, 172
causality and, 133
conception and, 172
concepts and, 131, 133, 136–37, 163–66
consciousness and, 153, 172
definitions and, 163–66
dialectics and, x–xi, xii, 17
emotions and, 172
empiricism and, 206–7
entity and, 136–37, 163–66
epistemology and, 153, 163–66, 172
ethics and, 229–30
existents and, 165
focus and, 153
humankind and, 164, 249–52
ideas and, 62–63
identity and, 133, 136–37
individualism and, 249–52
integration and, 163–66
intrinsicism and, 163–66
objectivism and, 165–66
Objectivism and, 48
ontology and, 136–37, 165–66
philosophy and, 5–6
rationalism and, 206–7
rationality and, 229–30
reason and, 164–65, 172
relations and, 136–37, 163–66
scholarship and, 5–6
social theory and, 249–52
subjectivism and, 163–66
values and, 221–22
virtues and, 229–30
volition and, 153
contradiction
Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 130, 422n. 29
boomerang argument and, 422n. 26
dialectics and, 13–14, 16, 25–26, 119, 405n. 42
epistemology and, 129, 145, 148
history and, 14–15, 16
ideal-realism and, 34
identity and, 13–14, 129–30
intrinsicism and, 148
life and, 225, 226
logic and, 13–14, 119, 129–30
Lossky and, 50
mysticism and, 148
Objectivism and, 119
relations and, 281
Russian philosophy and, 25–26
sense of life and, 299–300
skepticism and, 148
statism and, 345
subjectivism and, 148
truth and, 145
Copleston, Frederick, 53
cosmology, 120, 125, 133, 139–40
Cox, Stephen, 266, 419n. 42, 433n. 18, 457n. 17
creativity
action and, 170–71
art and, 192–93, 194–97, 238
awareness and, 170–71
capitalism and, 271–73
conception and, 170–71
consciousness and, 170–71, 181, 196–97
emotions and, 170–71
epistemology and, 145, 170–71, 196–97
gender and, 186
literature and, 192–93, 194–97
ontology and, 125
productive work and, 230–32, 238
realism and, 145
reason and, 170–71, 196–97
relations and, 279
sense of life and, 181
visibility and, 238
The Crisis of Western Philosophy (Solovyov), 28
critical rationalism, 210
Crusades, 375
culture. See also Russian culture
action and, 298
art and, 191, 193–95, 298, 302
articulation and, 299–300
capitalism and, 265–66, 273–74, 337–38
civilization and, 32
conception and, 302–6
consciousness and, 298–99, 301–6
definition of, 297
Dionysus and, 32
education and, 302–6
efficacy and, 202–3
ethics and, 198, 343–45
family and, 331
good and, 300
history and, 337–39
humankind and, 297–306
irrationality and, 297, 299–306, 338, 343–45
literature and, 193–95, 302
Objectivism and, 345–49
philosophy and, 337–39, 344
power and, 301–2, 304
Rand in generally, ix–x, 1–2
rationalism and, 209–12
rationality and, 343–45
reason and, 209–12
reification and, 299
relations and, 297–98, 301–2
religion and, 302
revolution in, 345–49
sense of life and, 193, 297–301, 337–38
social theory and, 209–12, 265–66, 273–74, 278, 297–306, 344–45
society and, 297–306, 343–45
statism and, 344–45
tacit dimensions and, 299–3
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David-Fox, Michael, 464nn. 5, 7
definitions
art and, 191
of culture, 297
epistemology and, 162–66
of libertarianism, 248–49, 264–65
of selfishness, 235–36
of values, 221–22, 228
of virtues, 228
democracy, 263
Den Uyl, Douglas, 2, 7, 243, 257, 259, 355, 424n. 50, 436n. 27
depth hermeneutics, 185, 291, 293
Dering, N. T., 75
Derzhavin, N. S., 364, 386
Derrida, Jacques, 144, 290, 419n. 48
Descartes, Rene, 122, 202
Dewey, John, 376–77, 435n. 2
dialectical libertarianism, x–xii
dialectical materialism, 13–14, 15
dialectics. See also dualism
abstraction and, xi–xii
altruism and, 27
Aristotle and, xii, 14, 17, 26, 45–46, 405n. 42
Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 106–10
capitalism and, 8, 13, 18–19, 236, 260–61, 262, 263, 268–70, 274
circularity and, 128, 242
context and, x–xi, xii, 17
contradiction and, 13–14, 16, 25–26, 119, 405n. 42
dualism and, 2, 10, 15–19
education and, xii, 74–75, 305, 366, 370, 371, 373, 377, 378–80, 384–85, 391, 399
egoism and, 27
empiricism and, 207–8
epistemology and, 148
ethics and, 220–21, 226–27, 228–29, 236, 242–43
government and, 260–61, 262, 263
history and, x–xi, 14–15, 16–17, 76, 366, 371, 373, 379
identity and, 13–14
language of, 25
libertarianism and, x–xii, 2
literature and, 17, 90–91
logic and, 13–14
Lossky and, xii, 10, 17, 39, 45–46, 366, 370
Marx and, xii, 14, 35–36
Marxism and, xi–xii, 13, 36–37, 74–75, 359–60, 366
materialism and, 13–14, 15
monism and, 15
Objectivism and, 2, 8–10, 17, 18–19, 116–20, 188, 359–61
ontology and, 405n. 43
philosophy and, 90–91, 340–41
racism and, 16
radicalism and, x–xii
rationalism and, 207–8
reason and, 164–65
reification and, 16, 359
relations and, 35–36, 106–10
religion and, 25, 90
rhetoric and, 14
rights and, 258
Russian culture and, 8–10
Russian philosophy and, 8–10, 17–18, 25–29, 89, 360, 366, 370
science and, 463n. 35
selfishness and, 236
sobornost’ and, 37
social theory and, 17, 268–70, 276–77, 359–61, 377, 379
statism and, x–xi, 90
synthesis and, 14–16, 38, 90
systemics and, x–xi, 16–17
transcendence and, 15–16, 25–26
unity and, 37
volition and, 16
differentiation, 51–53, 58–59, 60–61, 149, 155, 157, 160–61, 162–63
Dionysus, 31, 32, 77, 96–97, 219, 305–6, 334
Dipert, Randall, 155
The Disowned Self (Branden), 175–76
dispositional properties, 135
division, fallacy of, 250
Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaia, Ol’ga Antonovna, 375, 414n. 35
Dostoyevsky, Feodor M., 33, 76–77, 78, 174, 460n. 7
drugs, 305
dualism. See also dialectics
altruism and, 27
Aristotle and, 48, 122
Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 109
capitalism and, 13, 260–61, 262, 263, 268–70, 274, 335–37, 359–60
collectivism and, 354–55
communism and, 97, 98
community and, 23–24, 26–27
concepts and, 125
consciousness and, 122, 154
dialectics and, 2, 10, 15–18
egoism and, 27
emotions and, 23–24, 176–77
epistemology and, 143–49
ethics and, 220–21, 228–29, 244–47, 321
evil and, 244–47
The Fountainhead (Rand) and, 101–2
gender and, 186–88
history and, 333–37
humankind and, 349–52
ideal-realism and, 34
individualism and, 23–24, 26–27, 97–98, 101–2
Lossky and, 48, 50, 51, 59, 61
Marxism and, 13, 36–37
mind-body dichotomy and, 122
Objectivism and, 2, 10, 22, 118–19, 167–68
ontology and, 121–22, 125, 331–32
philosophy and, 121–22
power and, 307–9
psychology and, 167–68
rationalism and, 207
reason and, 23–24, 176–77
relations and, 59, 307
religion and, 97
Russian culture and, 22–24, 30–33, 332
Russian philosophy and, 24–29
science and, 321
sex and, 186–88
social theory and, 210, 268–70, 330–32
statism and, 97–98, 307–14, 321, 330–32
synthesis and, 22, 38
totalitarianism and, 354–55
Duddington, Natalie, 42, 80, 408n. 4, 409n. 13
duty, 294–95
The Early Ayn Rand (Rand), 91
education
art and, 366, 371–72
autonomy and, 288–89
capitalism and, 378
conception and, 302–6
consciousness and, 302–6
culture and, 302–6
dialectics and, xii, 74–75, 305, 366, 370, 371, 373, 377, 378–80, 384–85, 391, 399
early years of, 63–68, 367–68, 382, 388, 398
gender and, 65, 71, 72, 87, 377–78
history and, 72–76, 339, 363, 371–77, 377–78, 379, 381
irrationality and, 302–6
language and, 366
lectures in, 384, 394
literature and, 39, 66, 76–77, 371, 372
logic and, 365–66
by Lossky, 10, 17, 39–40, 67, 142, 364, 366–70, 385–86, 388–90, 393–99, 459n. 6
of Lossky, 40, 78
Marxism and, 70–71, 73, 74–75, 373–74, 378
materialism and, 366
Montessori, 345, 448n. 79
Objectivism and, 347
pedagogy, 376–77
at Petrograd State University, 72–87, 303, 363–80, 381–91, 393–99
philosophy and, 8, 11, 17, 39–40, 66, 72, 76–85, 304, 363, 366–70, 381, 385, 396–97, 415n. 59, 459nn. 6–7
power and, 304
psychology and, 365
“The Rand Transcript” (Sciabarra) on, ix, 363–80, 381, 385–86, 387, 391, 393, 396
“The Rand Transcript, Revisited” (Sciabarra) on, ix, 381–91, 393
religion and, 71, 72
Russian culture and, 372, 376, 377
Russian philosophy and, 17–18, 24–25, 76–78
Russian Revolution changes, 68–72, 73, 77–78, 81–82, 85–87, 364–65, 368–69, 373, 376, 377, 386, 463n. 4
science and, 320–22, 371
socialism and, 373–74
social theory and, 73, 302–6, 364–65, 377, 379
statism and, 320–22, 345
efficacy
abstraction and, 213
awareness and, 202
capitalism and, 269–70
consciousness and, 201–3, 212–14, 253–54
culture and, 202–3
epistemology and, 202, 213–14, 283
humankind and, 202–3
Objectivism and, 283
ontology and, 202
productive work and, 213, 231, 253–54
psychology and, 283–84
rationalism and,
212–14
reason and, 212–14
science and, 213
self-esteem and, 202, 234
statism and, 203
Efron, Robert, 131
egalitarianism, 95–96, 300, 329
egoism. See also individualism
altruism and, 216–21, 235–36
Anthem (Rand) and, 104–5
dialectics and, 27
ethics and, 216–21, 235–36
fact-value dichotomy and, 216–21
The Fountainhead (Rand) and, 99–104
freedom and, 99–100
Objectivism and, 110–11
ontology and, 126
psychology and, 247
rationality and, 110–11
reason and, 261
Russian philosophy and, 27
scholarship on, 215
self-esteem and, 235–36, 247
selfishness and, 110–11, 216–21
We the Living (Rand) and, 95–96
Egorov, D. N., 74, 373
elections, 317, 331
Ellis, Albert, 2, 176, 220, 353
emotionalism, 183–84
emotions
abstraction and, 178
action and, 170–71, 340
art and, 192
Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 170, 171, 174–75
awareness and, 170–73, 184–85
conception and, 170–73
consciousness and, 169–73, 178, 179, 180–81, 182–88, 189–91, 199, 340
context and, 172
creativity and, 170–71
dualism and, 23–24, 176–77
empiricism and, 206
epistemology and, 169–73, 189–91
ethics and, 219, 228–29, 430n. 36
existence and, 169
The Fountainhead (Rand) and, 174
gender and, 186–88
happiness as, 241
integration and, 173, 182–88
literature and, 192
mind-body dichotomy and, 184–85
mysticism and, 169–70
Objectivism and, 173–77, 189–91, 429n. 10
perception and, 171–72
in psychology, 168–77, 182–88
rationalism and, 205
reason and, 31, 168–77, 182–88, 189–91, 240
relations and, 173
religion and, 169–70
Russian culture and, 23–24
Russian philosophy and, 186–87
sense of life and, 178, 179, 180–81
sex and, 186–88
social theory and, 208–9
subjectivism and, 205
values and, 191
empiricism
Lossky and, 50–51, 145
Marxism and, 36–37
ontology and, 121–22, 140–41, 141–42
rationalism and, 203–8
realism and, 145
truth and, 28–29
Engels, Frederick, 14, 340–41, 404n. 33, 433n. 34, 436n. 15
England, 378
Enlightenment, 212
enlightenment, 344
entity, 132, 133–37, 139–40
Epicurus, 82
epistemology. See also psycho-epistemology
abstraction and, 157–61, 162, 196–97
action and, 155–56, 170–71, 198, 214
art and, 191–93, 196–97
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