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  mortality, 128

  Muller, 40

  Muttnik principle, 238, 439n. 66

  mysticism. See also faith; religion

  capitalism and, 265–66

  collectivism and, 251

  consciousness and, 148, 169–70

  contradiction and, 148

  cosmology and, 140

  culture and, 302

  emotions and, 169–70

  epistemology and, 140, 144–49, 169–70

  ethics and, 215–17

  history and, 333–37

  Lossky and, 144–47

  Objectivism and, 352–53

  ontology and, 140

  realism and, 144–49

  reason and, 144, 169–70, 175

  religion and, 403n. 20

  Russian philosophy and, 251, 352–53, 355

  senses and, 144

  social theory and, 332

  society and, 352–53, 355

  subjectivism and, 146

  Nabokov, Dmitri, 412n. 10

  Nabokov [Petkevich], Olga Vladimirovna, 65–66, 85, 367–68, 398, 465n. 9

  Nabokov, Vladimir, 65, 66, 85, 367, 412n. 13, 465n. 9

  Nagel, Thomas, 58

  Narkompros, 69–71, 74, 368, 390

  Nathaniel Branden Institute, 111, 267

  nationalism, 326, 357

  Nazism, 326, 343

  needs, 234

  neofascism, 318–20

  neo-Idealism, 33–34, 38. See also ideal-realism

  neo-Objectivism, 3–4, 114, 167, 188

  New Economic Policy (NEP), 70, 73

  New Intellectuals, 349–52

  New Left, 31, 304–6

  The New Left (Rand), 111

  Nicholas, Czar, 64

  Nietzsche, Friedrich

  on Apollo and Dionysus, 31, 96–97, 219, 334

  Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 108

  Christianity and, 30

  dualism and, 30–33

  in education, 77–78, 459n. 7

  ethics and, 218–19

  The Fountainhead (Rand) and, 96, 97, 101, 103, 218

  on good and evil, 30–31

  Gredeskul and, 388

  humankind and, 351–52

  idealism and, 30, 33

  individualism and, 31

  language and, 289–90

  Marxism and, 32–33, 36

  Objectivism and, 96

  Rand and generally, 11

  Russian culture and, 96–97

  soul and, 101, 218

  Symbolists and, 30–33, 194

  Thus Spake Zarathustra, 414n. 38, 416n. 8, 418n. 40

  We the Living (Rand) and, 94–98

  on will to power, 202

  on writing, 19

  Nock, Albert Jay, 99, 105, 260, 266, 309, 443n. 57, 449n. 6

  nominalism, 146

  nonaggression principle, 255

  Novack, George, 404n. 33

  Nozick, Robert, 1, 224, 442n. 38

  nutrition, 147

  Obama, Barack, x

  objectivism, 50–52, 144–49, 150–51, 161, 165–66, 220, 224

  Objectivism

  academia and, 111

  Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 108

  authoritarianism and, 12–13

  capitalism and, 110–11, 118, 120, 348–49, 349–50

  conception and, 189–91, 347

  concepts and, 138

  consciousness and, 189–91, 347, 348, 349–52, 355–57

  context and, 48

  contradiction and, 119

  culture and, 345–49

  as deductive, 9

  dialectics and, 2, 8–10, 17, 18–19, 116–20, 188, 359–61

  dualism and, 2, 10, 22, 118–19, 167–68

  education and, 347

  efficacy and, 283

  egoism and, 110–11

  emotions and, 173–77, 189–91, 429n. 10

  epistemology and, 116–20, 124, 143, 144, 148–49, 189–91, 283

  ethics and, 120, 228, 348

  eudaemonia and, 242–43

  existentialism and, 119

  freedom and, 347–48

  hermeneutics and, 3–8, 113–14, 360–61, 395

  history and, 9–10, 17, 118, 360

  humankind and, 349–52, 355–58

  individualism and, 355–58

  intrinsicism and, 144

  Kant and, 91

  language and, 348

  law in, 348–49

  libertarianism and, 2, 114

  literature and, 9

  logic and, 126, 130, 410n. 20

  Marxism and, 2, 12–13

  materialism and, 119

  monism and, 119

  moralism and, 353–54

  as a movement, 4, 12, 111–14

  mysticism and, 352–53

  name of, 402n. 2, 420n. 54

  neo-Objectivism, 3–4, 114, 167, 188

  ontology and, 116–20, 134, 138–39

  organicism and, 55

  perception and, 150

  personality and, 3

  philosophy and, 11–13, 346–47, 349–50

  power and, 347–49

  psychology and, 167–68, 353–54, 420n. 64

  radicalism and, 2, 8–10

  rationalism and, 119

  rationality and, 110–11, 355–57

  reason and, 173–77, 189–91, 347–48

  relations and, 55, 117–19, 134

  religion and, 2

  revolution in, 345–49

  Russian culture and, 8–10

  Russian philosophy and, 2, 8–10, 360

  scholarship and, 111, 360–61

  science and, 124

  selfishness and, 110–11

  social theory and, 120, 347–49, 359–61

  society and, 345–58

  statism and, 2, 347–49

  synthesis and, 9–10, 22, 110–11, 117–19, 148–49

  systemics and, 9–10, 17

  tenets of, 120

  totalitarianism and, 353–55

  transcendence and, 119, 148–49

  truth and, 428n. 55

  Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Peikoff), 2

  The Objectivist, 111, 395

  “The Objectivist Ethics” (Rand), 240–41

  The Objectivist Forum, 4

  The Objectivist Newsletter, 111, 395

  objectivity

  concepts and, 123, 131, 152

  emotions and, 184, 205

  intrinsicism and, 148

  Kant and, 147

  Lossky and, 47, 147

  perception and, 426n. 20

  Rand and, 165

  subjectivism and, 148, 169

  visibility and, 238

  O’Connor, Frank, 113, 249

  Ollman, Bertell, 8, 35–36, 157–58, 159, 403n. 25

  omniscience

  conception and, 158

  consciousness and, 131, 199–200, 213

  empiricism and, 206–7

  epistemology and, 147, 163, 213

  ontology and, 121, 123–24, 147, 163

  perception and, 147

  rationalism and, 206–7, 211, 213

  reason and, 213

  relations and, 163

  social theory and, 211

  O’Neill, William F., 2, 118, 220

  “The Only Path to Tomorrow” (Rand), 105–6

  ontology. See also existence

  abstraction and, 126, 162

  Aristotle and, 120, 129, 139, 140, 410n. 25, 423n. 33

  art and, 191–92, 193, 196

  Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 118, 124–25, 130

  atomism and, 133–34

  attributes and, 135–36

  capitalism and, 118

  causality and, 123, 124, 125, 132–33, 133–34, 135, 137, 139–40

  circularity and, 127–28

  collectivism and, 133–34

  concepts and, 123, 124–33, 138–39, 161–63, 165–66

  consciousness and, 122, 124–26, 131–32, 138–39, 140–41

  context and, 136–37, 165–66
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br />   cosmology and, 120, 125, 133, 139–40

  creativity and, 125

  definitions and, 162–63

  dialectics and, 405n. 43

  differentiation and, 162–63

  dualism and, 121–22, 125, 331–32

  efficacy and, 202

  egoism and, 126

  empiricism and, 121–22, 140–41, 141–42

  entity and, 133–37, 139–40, 161–63, 165–66

  epistemology and, 120, 121, 124, 126, 127–28, 139–42, 146–47, 156, 161–63, 165–66

  ethics and, 221–22, 226–27

  existence and, 124–26, 128, 130–33, 138–39

  faith and, 140

  Hegel and, 423n. 33

  idealism and, 138

  identity and, 123, 129–37, 138, 140–41

  integration and, 161–63, 165–66

  intrinsicism and, 162–63, 165–66

  Kant and, 138–42

  libertarianism and, 248–49

  life and, 221–22, 226–27

  literature and, 193, 196

  logic and, 126–30, 146–47

  Lossky and, 127, 129, 134, 142

  Marxism and, 126, 129

  mind-body dichotomy and, 122

  monism and, 131–32, 405n. 41

  mysticism and, 140

  objectivism and, 165–66

  Objectivism and, 116–20, 134, 138–39

  omniscience and, 121, 123–24, 147, 163

  order and, 134

  organicism and, 127, 134

  perception and, 140–42, 147, 169

  philosophy and, 116–17

  pluralism and, 133–34

  rationalism and, 121–22, 141–42

  realism and, 138

  reason and, 156, 169

  relations and, 117, 123–24, 125, 128, 134–37, 161–63, 165–66

  Russian philosophy and, 129, 139, 141–42

  science and, 142

  senses and, 141

  social theory and, 137–38, 331–32

  statism and, 331–32

  subjectivism and, 142, 162–63, 165–66

  units and, 162–63

  unity and, 117, 123–24

  values and, 221–22, 226–27

  volition and, 137, 165

  order, 134

  organicism. See also unity

  art and, 60

  collectivism and, 250–51

  epistemology and, 59–61, 127

  The Fountainhead (Rand) and, 103–4

  Hegel and, 49–50, 57, 58

  ideal-realism and, 34, 58

  identity and, 134

  individuation and, 58

  litertature and, 197

  Lossky and, 43–45, 48–50, 53–54, 59–61, 127

  Marxism and, 35–37

  materialism and, 411n. 31

  Objectivism and, 55

  ontology and, 127, 134

  relations and, 54, 59–61, 134

  religion and, 61

  Slavophiles and, 27

  society and, 297

  synthesis and, 28

  truth and, 58

  organized labor, 314

  Original Sin, 217

  Ortega y Gasset, José, 99

  Oyerly, David, 417n. 22

  Packer, Edith, 178, 181, 187, 214, 429n. 10

  Pakul, N. M., 74, 378

  Palestinian Liberation Organization, 318

  Parekh, Bhikhu, 422n. 24

  Parmenides, 54, 415n. 59, 423n. 37

  parts, 136

  The Passion of Ayn Rand (Branden), 384, 394, 395

  Pasternak, Boris, 24

  Paterson, Isabel, 11, 266–67, 457n. 17

  Paulsen, Friedrich, 409n. 5

  pedagogy, 376–77

  Peikoff, Leonard

  Atlas Shrugged (Rand) and, 457n. 20

  on causality, 457n. 21

  on charity, 246

  on concentration camps, 287–89

  on concepts, 125

  on consciousness, 199–200

  on context, 136

  on contradiction, 129

  on dialectics, 360

  on dualism, 122, 420n. 5

  on education, 413n. 26

  on egoism, 218

  on emotions, 183, 185–87, 429n. 10, 430n. 36

  on epistemology, 437n. 39

  on ethics, 437n. 39

  on facts, 424n. 49, 435n. 2

  on focus, 426n. 26

  on happiness, 242–43

  on Hegel, 113–14, 459n. 2

  on history, 339, 457n. 22

  on identity, 131

  illustration of, 113

  Kelley and, 4

  language and, 290

  on life, 226

  on logic, 126

  on Marxism, 408n. 31

  on measurement, 161

  on moralism, 247

  on objectivism, 425n. 5

  Objectivism and, 4, 113–14, 117, 420n. 54

  Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, 2

  on omniscience, 207

  on ontology, 123–24, 421n. 9, 422n. 22, 423nn. 37, 40

  on perception, 150, 425n. 20

  on philosophy, 420n. 60

  on pleasure, 428n. 1

  on pride, 233

  psychology and, 167, 168, 342–43, 430n. 33, 431n. 51

  on racism, 326

  on rationalism, 131, 204–5

  on reason, 183, 185–87

  on reification, 404n. 28

  on relations, 423n. 34

  on religion, 448n. 77, 457n. 25

  on science, 428n. 54, 436n. 23

  on socialism, 267

  on terrorism, 452n. 57

  values and, 443n. 70

  on virtues, 437n. 37

  on We the Living (Rand), 414n. 37

  on Windelband, 40

  work of generally, 2, 7

  Penthouse Legend (Rand), 418n. 24

  people. See humankind

  perception

  abstraction and, 161

  Aristotle and, 46–47, 48

  art and, 192–93

  awareness and, 156–57, 171–72

  conception and, 150, 152, 156–57, 161, 171–72

  consciousness and, 149–52, 154, 156–57, 169, 171–72, 179

  differentiation and, 157

  emotions and, 171–72

  empiricism and, 204–8

  epistemology and, 143–52, 154, 156–57, 161, 171–72

  ethics and, 224

  focus and, 154

  identity and, 150–51, 157

  integration and, 150, 156–57

  language and, 426n. 22

  Lossky and, 43–44, 46–47, 59

  objectivism and, 150–51

  Objectivism and, 150

  omniscience and, 147

  ontology and, 140–42, 147, 169

  rationalism and, 204–8

  realism and, 143–49

  reason and, 145, 154–55, 156, 171–72

  relations and, 59, 150, 156–57, 238–39

  science and, 151–52

  self-esteem and, 238

  sensation and, 149–52, 156–57

  subjectivism and, 150–51

  visibility and, 238–39

  volition and, 154

  Personalist, 42

  personality, 3, 11, 32. See also character

  personal life, 2–3, 23, 40–43, 62–63

  Peter and Paul Fortress, 87, 88

  Peter the Great, 404n. 29

  Petrograd, 68

  Petrograd State University

  purges from, 72, 81–82, 85, 86–87, 368, 463n. 4, 464n. 8

  Rand educated at, 72–85, 87, 303, 363–80, 381–91, 393–99

  records from, 75, 363–64, 366–67, 381–88, 393–94, 406n. 1, 416n. 68, 467n. 7

  Russian Revolution changes, 68–72, 73, 77–78, 85–87

  Petrushevsky, D. M., 74

  The Phenomenology of Spirit (Hegel), 28

  Phillips, R. P., 422n. 26

  The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand (Den Uyl and Rasmussen), 2


  philosophy. See also Russian philosophy

  art and, 194–95

  articulation and, 197–201

  capitalism and, 349–50

  concepts in, 123, 124–33

  consciousness and, 197–201

  context and, 5–6

  culture and, 337–39, 344

  dialectics and, 90–91, 340–41

  dualism and, 121–22

  education and, 8, 11, 17, 39–40, 66, 72, 76–85, 304, 363, 366–70, 381, 385, 396–97, 415n. 59, 459nn. 6–7

  epistemology and, 339–40

  ethics and, 344

  function of, 197–201

  history and, 5–6, 335–43, 363, 381

  integration and, 200–201

  literature and, 90–91, 98–99, 194–95

  Marx and, 35

  materialism and, 340–41

  mathematics of, 99

  Objectivism and, 11–13, 346–47, 349–50

  ontology and, 116–17

  personality and, 3

  psychology and, 167–68, 342–43

  rationality and, 344

  reason and, 200–201, 339–40, 342

  relations and, 123–24

  religion and, 201

  science and, 116, 120–21, 122–24, 133

  social theory and, 344

  synthesis and, 63–64, 276

  tacit dimensions and, 197–201

  truth and, 116

  volition and, 201

  Philosophy: Who Needs It (Rand), 111

  Plato

  dualism and, 122

  education and, 39, 79, 80

  idealism and, 48

  Lossky and, 39, 45, 48, 79, 80

  ontology and, 121

  philosophy and, 335

  Rand and generally, 11

  reification and, 48

  Vvedenksy and, 397

  Platonov, Sergei Fyodorovich, 75, 372

  pleasure, 240–41

  Plekhanov, G. V., 36

  pluralism, 133–34

  plurality, 53–54, 59

  Pollock, Channing, 105

  Pokrovsky, M. N., 74, 81, 368, 390

  Pola Negri (Rand), 461n. 19

  Polanyi, Michael, 198, 199, 200

  polarization, 295, 296

  politics. See social theory

  Popper, Karl, 13, 14, 354, 359–60

  pornography, 331

  positivism, 28

  poverty, 245–46, 259–60, 314

  power. See also force

  capitalism and, 301–2, 311, 312, 314

  culture and, 301–2, 304

  dualism and, 307–9

  education and, 304

  fragmentation and, 307

  humankind and, 277–78, 279–89

  irrationality and, 301–2, 304

  language and, 278, 289–96

  Objectivism and, 347–49

  psychology and, 283–89

  relations and, 276–79, 301–2, 307

  social theory and, 276–79, 301–2, 304

  statism and, 278, 289, 307–9, 311, 312, 314

  practice, 24–25, 276

  Presniakov, Aleksandr Evgen’evich, 373–74

  presumptuousness, 233

  pride, 228, 232–34

  privacy, 98

  productive work

  action and, 253–54

  capitalism and, 268–73, 282, 307, 308–9

  consciousness and, 253–54

 

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