Archive for “Ayn Rand”


28 min. Aristotle

Ayn Rand reads her review of John Herman Randall’s book Aristotle, and offers additional comments on Aristotle’s greatness.

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30 min. Let Us Alone!

Miss Rand reads three articles from her Los Angeles Times column.

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111 min. Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World

In this sweeping talk on the impact of philosophy throughout history, Ayn Rand explains why mysticism is altruism’s precondition, and why dictatorship is its product.

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112 min. A Nation’s Unity

Ayn Rand demonstrates how genuine unity rests upon the inviolability of individual rights.

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30 min. Structure of Government

In this interview, Miss Rand discusses:

  • The importance of a written constitution;
  • A republic vs. a democracy;
  • The nature of America’s checks and balances;
  • Electoral re-apportionment and “one-man-one-vote”;
  • Amending the Constitution.

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54 min. Speaking Freely

Ayn Rand is interviewed by Edwin Newman on such topics as feminism, environmentalism, drug use and Kant’s cultural influence.

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24 min. “Conflicts” of Men’s Interests

An explanation by Ayn Rand of why the interests of rational men do not clash.

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61 min. The Age of Mediocrity

From 1981—Ayn Rand’s predictions about Ronald Reagan (“a pragmatist who leans to the right”) just after he took office. Her final Ford Hall address is a case-study in prognostication by philosophy.

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111 min. Of Living Death

A lecture by Ayn Rand, recorded at the Ford Hall Forum in 1968. How religion seeks to undercut man’s self-esteem by inculcating guilt for enjoying sex—and for daring to think that his own happiness is the purpose of his life.

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2 hrs., 2 min. Censorship: Local and Express

Delivered by Ayn Rand at the Ford Hall Forum in 1973. This lecture analyzes the Supreme Court’s upholding of anti-pornography laws. Discussion covers the “marketplace of goods” and the “marketplace of ideas,” and why conservatives want to control the intellectual realm, and liberals the material realm.

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