During the decade of Cultural Revolution, people experienced horrific events that made their blood boil and eyes tear. People’s suffering, like DR’s father in the hands of the political hooligans, was heartbreaking.
The Atlas Society has been fighting for liberty for over three decades, persevering against many challenges –– 9/11, the Great Recession, hurricanes, floods and fires.
On the political side, I have always maintained that we must look both at what Nietzsche’s political
Editor’s Note: Alfred Kentigern Siewers is associate professor of English at Bucknell University and 2018–2019 William E. Simon visiting
I think that one thing that Paterson’s writings give us is the opportunity to see what happens when power is concentrated by political mean
In the foreword to The Moral Basis of Individualism—a book that Ayn Rand began writing for Bobbs-Merrill in 1943 but never finished—we find
Academics, the media, and Democratic politicians, like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, have suggested that reducing inequality should be a central objective of public policy.
The term “neoliberalism” is being flung around everywhere these days, usually with a haughty sense of “everyone knows what this is.” But do
Why should American Objectivists celebrate this medieval document? What does it say that is relevant to us? Can history and tradition be
Postmodernism became the leading intellectual movement in the late twentieth century. It has replaced modernism, the philosophy of the
At our 2001 Summer Seminar Dr. David Ross offered this engaging overview of one of Ayn Rand's most important contributions to philosophy....
At our 2001 Summer Seminar Dr. David Ross offered this engaging overview of one of Ayn Rand 's most important contributions to philosophy...
Atlas Summit 2014 -- Aphorisms are philosophical statements with a punch: they deliver a statement about life, often in amusing or easy-to-r
Ayn Rand answers questions from students about the difference between Objectivism and Nietzscheism.
It is very difficult, if one does not read extensively in seventeenth and eighteenth century thought, to understand quite how speculative
On August 2nd, 2009, The New York Times profiled BB&T’s John Allison , who put Ayn Rand’s principles to work at that bank when he was CEO...
Stephen Hicks, PhD is The Atlas Society Senior Scholar. He teaches philosophy at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois.
Postmodern scholars assert the following contradictory claims....
The fundamental nature of truth was explained by Aristotle in Book IV of his Metaphysics, decisively and unforgettably, in words that are at
While our bookstores and school library shelves are filled with biographies for young readers on sports heroes and politically correct
