The Peikoff Podcasts
Dr. Peikoff applies Ayn Rand's revolutionary philosophy to real-world questions.
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1 . In her early writing years, how did Ayn Rand manage having a job unrelated to her career to support herself, while still pursuing her writing?
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2 . If reason is man’s means of survival, but despite valiant efforts I cannot understand certain subjects, such as higher math or physics, doesn’t that mean that my reason is limited and to some extent impotent?
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3 . Did Ellsworth Toohey have low self-esteem?
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4 . I’ve heard that Ayn Rand was an unusually slow reader. Is this true and if so why?
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5 . How is life not meaningless?
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1 . Leonard Peikoff’s final podcast
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2 . Should a philosopher such as Kant be allowed to exercise free speech in a society based on Objectivism if he uses evil ideas to undermine Ayn Rand?
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3 . Can a person or a book be Objectivist without being aware of Objectivism?
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4 . Do you think all humans have the faculty of reason? What if you have schizophrenia? Does a psychiatric illness exist if there are no means of proving its existence?
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5 . Why is Roark attracted to Dominique? After all, she has no worth, no career that she loves, and she goes out of her way to destroy her highest values, such as Roark. What rational man would want someone so self-destructive?
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About Leonard Peikoff
At the age of 17, Leonard Peikoff was invited to the home of Ayn Rand, the
novelist and Objectivist philosopher. Thus began a friendship that lasted
until her death in 1982. Today, Dr. Peikoff is Rand's legal and intellectual
heir - and the world's foremost authority on Objectivism.
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An author for our times
Renowned philosopher, Dr. Peikoff is the author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand and The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America. He has edited numerous Ayn Rand anthologies and has recently published a new book, The DIM Hypothesis, which deals with the role of epistemology in cultural and practical affairs.
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