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Ayn Rand Moral Principle
1,164 words... as turned down by 12 publishers). For example, in Atlas Shrugged, Rand obscured historical realities to reinforce her argument and once again exaggerated the situation. Thus, the Taggart Railroad of the novel, the central setting, may strike someone with an average knowledge of American history as the kind of thing that never existed. Most people know that the transcontinental railroads were built with federal subsidies and federal land grants, (which is ironic within itself. Rands theory de...
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Peter Keating Second Hand
1,796 wordsI. INTRODUCTION There are some literary beginnings so well-known as immediately to call to mind the books in which they appear: "Call me Ishmael"; 1 "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times"; 2 and, increasingly, "Howard Roark laughed. " 3 So begins the novel, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Published in 1943, The Fountainhead continues to sell 100, 000 copies a year. 4 For millions it provides the introduction to a philosophical / social movement known as "Objectivism. " It has been s...
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Using Technology In The Classroom To Improve Learning
2,095 wordsUsing Technology in the Classroom to Improve Learning TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Introduction - 3 Area of Study - 3 Assumptions of Learning Theories - 5 Literature Review A vision to automate - 7 A vision to informal up - 11 A vision to informal down - 12 A vision to transform - 14 Research Proposal Future Research Challenges - 18 Conclusion - 23 References 24 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Area of Study The premise of this paper is that the effectiveness of information technology in contributing to lear...
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American Medical Association Effects On Children
1,853 wordsAdvertisement Influence on Children For years, the population has been exposed to different forms of media. Newspapers, magazines, television, films, radio, and more recently the Internet are ways of promoting ideas, spreading news, and advertising products. Children are viewers of advertisement and it is not a secret that advertisement influences their perception of world. Advertisement can have both negative and positive effects on children, but unfortunately its influence in the majority of c...
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Vice Versa Historical Facts
4,507 wordsEdward Hallett Carrs contribution to the study of Soviet history is widely regarded as highly distinguished. In all probability very few would argue against this assessment of his multi-volume history of Soviet Russia. For the majority of historians he pretty much got the story straight. However, for several years there was disagreement about his contribution to the analytical philosophy of history. His ideas were outlined in What is History? first published in 1961. For many today What is Histo...
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Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged
2,421 wordsThe Joys Of Contriving Literature (Why Ayn The Joys Of Contriving Literature (Why Ayn Rands Theories Dont Hold Water) No thinker, perhaps, has had more influence upon contemporary libertarians than the novelist and non-academic philosopher, Ayn Rand. For that reason alone, she deserves attention; however, many of her arguments have been misunderstood, misrepresented or ignored. As George Smith has commented, ? there has appeared relatively little in the way of competent reflection of Ayn Rand as...
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Buy And Sell Ayn Rand
688 wordsYou do not have to be a true objectivist Objectivism holds that society functions best when individuals pursue their self-interests. According to Ayn Rand, human understanding and acceptance of reality form the basis of judgment and values. Human beings must live for themselves, neither sacrificing any part of their natures or goals to other people, nor bending others wills to their own. In this scheme, love is achieved fully only by those individuals who possess the highest self-esteem, which i...
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