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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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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