We the Living – Globalization & Capitalism

Today we are commemorating the birth of Ayn Rand. Ms. rand was a wonderful romantic realist novel writer that choose America as her home after fleeing from the USSR in the 1920s. Ms. Rand was the philosopher who made the first defense of the morality of Capitalist and who elaborated a complete philosophical system that she later called Objectivism.

Ms. Rand was the greatest advocate for individual rights and she is my heroine. It is in her ideas that I find daily inspiration to pursue happiness and objectivity in my life!

Today I share with you the audio to one of her most powerful lectures. “In March 1974, Ayn Rand faced the improbable task of lecturing on the crucial importance of philosophy—to the graduating class of West Point. She succeeded magnificently: she attracted three times the expected attendance, she elicited an enthusiastic ovation, and her lecture was reprinted in a new philosophy textbook published by the U.S. Military Academy. Relive this memorable occasion, and rediscover the irresistible intellectual power of Ayn Rand.”

Here is the link to Ms. Rand’s fabulous lecture in West Point

Ayn Rand: 10 great quotes on her birthday (csmonitor.com)
New Online Campus for the Study of Philosophy! (capitalisthistory.com)
The Atlas Society Launches $1 Million Atlas Shrugged Capital Campaign and Publishes New Article Called Myth: Ayn Rand was an Elitist (prweb.com)
Dr. Yaron Brook Explains Why Ayn Rand Was Right – 01-27-2012 (gunnyg.wordpress.com)
Free Objectivist Books for Students (capitalisthistory.wordpress.com)

I have recently being informed about a new Objectivist Philosophy Program coming online next January 10, 2012. The program is sponsored by the Ayn Rand Institute that will create an online Campus.

ARI Campus will allow students around the world to take courses at their own pace and on their own time—for free. Students at all levels will be able of exploring educational materials in multimedia courses.

Initial course offerings will include the following:

Ayn Rand: A Writer’s Life
Ayn Rand: Radical Thinker
The Ayn Rand Bookshelf
Anthem
We the Living
The Fountainhead
Moral Virtue
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy: Who Needs It

The full, public launch of the site is slated for September of 2012. Add to your calendars the date January 10, 2012 and log in to the initial courses that will be offered by the ARI Campus!