Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical (111 page)

Atlas Shrugged
(Rand) and, 108

Christianity and,
30

dualism and,
30–33

in education, 77–78,
459n. 7

ethics and,
218–19

The Fountainhead
(Rand) and,
96
,
97
,
101
, 103,
218

on good and evil,
30–31

Gredeskul and,
388

humankind and,
351–52

idealism and,
30
,
33

individualism and,
31

language and,
289–90

Marxism and,
32–33
,
36

Objectivism and,
96

Rand and generally,
11

Russian culture and, 96–97

soul and,
101
,
218

Symbolists and,
30–33
,
194

Thus Spake Zarathustra
,
414n. 38
,
416n. 8
,
418n. 40

We the Living
(Rand) and,
94–98

on will to power,
202

on writing,
19

Nock, Albert Jay,
99
,
105
,
260
,
266
,
309
,
443n. 57
,
449n. 6

nominalism,
146

nonaggression principle,
255

Novack, George,
404n. 33

Nozick, Robert,
1
,
224
,
442n. 38

nutrition,
147

Obama, Barack,
x

objectivism,
50–52
,
144–49
,
150–51
,
161
,
165–66
,
220
,
224

Objectivism

academia and,
111

Atlas Shrugged
(Rand) and, 108

authoritarianism and,
12–13

capitalism and,
110–11
,
118
,
120
,
348–49
,
349–50

conception and,
189–91
,
347

concepts and, 138

consciousness and,
189–91
, 347,
348
,
349–52
, 355–57

context and,
48

contradiction and,
119

culture and,
345–49

as deductive,
9

dialectics and,
2
,
8–10
,
17
,
18–19
,
116–20
,
188
,
359–61

dualism and,
2
,
10
,
22
,
118–19
,
167–68

education and, 347

efficacy and,
283

egoism and,
110–11

emotions and,
173–77
,
189–91
,
429n. 10

epistemology and,
116–20
,
124
,
143
,
144
,
148–49
,
189–91
,
283

ethics and,
120
,
228
,
348

eudaemonia and,
242–43

existentialism and,
119

freedom and,
347–48

hermeneutics and,
3–8
, 113–14,
360–61
, 395

history and,
9–10
,
17
, 118,
360

humankind and,
349–52
,
355–58

individualism and,
355–58

intrinsicism and,
144

Kant and,
91

language and,
348

law in,
348–49

libertarianism and,
2
,
114

literature and,
9

logic and,
126
,
130
,
410n. 20

Marxism and,
2
,
12–13

materialism and,
119

monism and,
119

moralism and,
353–54

as a movement,
4
,
12
,
111–14

mysticism and,
352–53

name of,
402n. 2
,
420n. 54

neo-Objectivism,
3–4
,
114
,
167
,
188

ontology and,
116–20
,
134
,
138–39

organicism and,
55

perception and,
150

personality and,
3

philosophy and,
11–13
,
346–47
,
349–50

power and,
347–49

psychology and,
167–68
,
353–54
,
420n. 64

radicalism and,
2
,
8–10

rationalism and,
119

rationality and,
110–11
,
355–57

reason and,
173–77
,
189–91
,
347–48

relations and,
55
,
117–19
,
134

religion and,
2

revolution in,
345–49

Russian culture and,
8–10

Russian philosophy and,
2
,
8–10
,
360

scholarship and, 111,
360–61

science and,
124

selfishness and,
110–11

social theory and,
120
, 347–49,
359–61

society and,
345–58

statism and,
2
,
347–49

synthesis and,
9–10
,
22
,
110–11
,
117–19
, 148–49

systemics and,
9–10
,
17

tenets of,
120

totalitarianism and,
353–55

transcendence and,
119
,
148–49

truth and,
428n. 55

Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
(Peikoff),
2

The Objectivist
,
111
,
395

“The Objectivist Ethics” (Rand),
240–41

The Objectivist Forum
,
4

The Objectivist Newsletter
,
111
,
395

objectivity

concepts and,
123
,
131
,
152

emotions and,
184
,
205

intrinsicism and,
148

Kant and,
147

Lossky and,
47
,
147

perception and,
426n. 20

Rand and,
165

subjectivism and,
148
,
169

visibility and,
238

O’Connor, Frank,
113
,
249

Ollman, Bertell,
8
,
35–36
,
157–58
,
159
,
403n. 25

omniscience

conception and,
158

consciousness and,
131
,
199–200
,
213

empiricism and,
206–7

epistemology and, 147,
163
,
213

ontology and,
121
,
123–24
,
147
,
163

perception and,
147

rationalism and,
206–7
,
211
,
213

reason and,
213

relations and,
163

social theory and,
211

O’Neill, William F.,
2
,
118
,
220

“The Only Path to Tomorrow” (Rand),
105–6

ontology.
See also
existence

abstraction and,
126
,
162

Aristotle and,
120
,
129
,
139
,
140
,
410n. 25
,
423n. 33

art and,
191–92
,
193
, 196

Atlas Shrugged
(Rand) and,
118
,
124–25
,
130

atomism and,
133–34

attributes and,
135–36

capitalism and,
118

causality and,
123
,
124
, 125,
132–33
,
133–34
,
135
,
137
,
139–40

circularity and,
127–28

collectivism and,
133–34

concepts and,
123
,
124–33
, 138–39,
161–63
,
165–66

consciousness and,
122
,
124–26
,
131–32
,
138–39
,
140–41

context and,
136–37
,
165–66

cosmology and,
120
, 125,
133
,
139–40

creativity and,
125

definitions and,
162–63

dialectics and,
405n. 43

differentiation and,
162–63

dualism and,
121–22
,
125
,
331–32

efficacy and,
202

egoism and,
126

empiricism and,
121–22
,
140–41
,
141–42

entity and,
133–37
,
139–40
,
161–63
,
165–66

epistemology and,
120
,
121
,
124
,
126
,
127–28
,
139–42
,
146–47
,
156
,
161–63
,
165–66

ethics and,
221–22
,
226–27

existence and,
124–26
,
128
,
130–33
,
138–39

faith and,
140

Hegel and,
423n. 33

idealism and,
138

identity and,
123
,
129–37
,
138
,
140–41

integration and,
161–63
,
165–66

intrinsicism and,
162–63
,
165–66

Kant and,
138–42

libertarianism and,
248–49

life and,
221–22
,
226–27

literature and,
193
,
196

logic and,
126–30
,
146–47

Lossky and,
127
,
129
,
134
,
142

Marxism and,
126
,
129

mind-body dichotomy and,
122

monism and,
131–32
,
405n. 41

mysticism and,
140

objectivism and,
165–66

Objectivism and,
116–20
,
134
,
138–39

omniscience and,
121
,
123–24
, 147, 163

order and,
134

organicism and,
127
,
134

perception and,
140–42
,
147
,
169

philosophy and,
116–17

pluralism and,
133–34

rationalism and,
121–22
,
141–42

realism and,
138

reason and,
156
,
169

relations and,
117
,
123–24
,
125
,
128
,
134–37
,
161–63
,
165–66

Russian philosophy and,
129
,
139
,
141–42

science and,
142

senses and,
141

social theory and, 137–38, 331–32

statism and,
331–32

subjectivism and,
142
,
162–63
,
165–66

units and,
162–63

unity and,
117
,
123–24

values and,
221–22
,
226–27

volition and,
137
,
165

order,
134

organicism.
See also
unity

art and,
60

collectivism and,
250–51

epistemology and,
59–61
,
127

The Fountainhead
(Rand) and,
103–4

Hegel and,
49–50
,
57
,
58

ideal-realism and,
34
,
58

identity and,
134

individuation and,
58

litertature and, 197

Lossky and,
43–45
,
48–50
,
53–54
,
59–61
,
127

Marxism and,
35–37

materialism and,
411n. 31

Objectivism and,
55

ontology and,
127
,
134

relations and,
54
,
59–61
,
134

religion and,
61

Slavophiles and,
27

society and,
297

synthesis and,
28

truth and,
58

organized labor,
314

Original Sin,
217

Ortega y Gasset, José,
99

Oyerly, David,
417n. 22

Packer, Edith,
178
,
181
,
187
,
214
,
429n. 10

Pakul, N. M.,
74
,
378

Palestinian Liberation Organization,
318

Parekh, Bhikhu,
422n. 24

Parmenides,
54
,
415n. 59
,
423n. 37

parts,
136

The Passion of Ayn Rand
(Branden),
384
,
394
, 395

Pasternak, Boris,
24

Paterson, Isabel,
11
,
266–67
,
457n. 17

Paulsen, Friedrich,
409n. 5

pedagogy,
376–77

Peikoff, Leonard

Atlas Shrugged
(Rand) and,
457n. 20

on causality,
457n. 21

on charity,
246