About this title: The fundamentals of the author's philosophy, namely Objectivism, are set out in three of her other books: "For the New Intellectual", "The Virtue of Selfishness" and "Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal".
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780451138934ISBN:0451138937
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Very good clean flat paperback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. very nice copy! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780451132499ISBN:0451132491
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. never read book, no creases or markings, shows minor age wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780451138934ISBN:0451138937
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780451138934ISBN:0451138937
Description: Very Good- Mass market paperback, later printing, 228 pages; title page missing, tiny tape repaired tear in front cover. See also our other Rand titles. read more
Edition: Later Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books USA, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780451138934ISBN:0451138937
Description: Fine. 228 pages. A fine copy almost like new. read more
Description: Bobbs-Merrill, c1982, First edition, hardcover, tiny spot on; Top corner of a few pages, else clean and solid, pages bright, VERY GOOD, in a colorful GOOD+ dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Date Published: 1982
Description: Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Stated first printing. Dustjacket is tattered and torn. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Stain to front and back endpapers. Hinge broken at title page.; 9.25" tall. read more
"For me not as enjoyable as The Virtue of Selfishness. For some reason the ideas tended to sail off into left field in this one. I don't know if that has anything to do with when they were written. While clearly written this one just didn't get my attention."
"Haven't read all of it but it definately make you think if you don't consciously formulate your personal philosophy you will live a life with a mongrel philosophy bestowed upon you by others."
"Easily the worst book I have read thus for by Rand. I grew respect for Rand after reading "The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution." I found the "The New Left" to be enlightening as to why modern academia is an irrational and corrosive bad joke. Sadly, "The New Left" is the only book I can recommend by Rand that I completely agree with. Rand seemed to have a pathological hatred of Emmanuel Kant that gets old very quick. I was also offended to see Rand insulted Friedrich Nietzsche in her book "The Virtue of Selfishness." Come on Ayn, did you really think you could compare with a philosopher such as Nietzsche?!?
"Philosophy: Who Needs It" claims to be a book that is used to help people find what philosophy they should follow. I found the book to be Ayn Rand's infamous preaching on overload. Of course, Rand spends a good part of the book criticizing Kant among other thing. I just couldn't handle all the ranting in this one and had to put the book down after only making it 3/4 through. Maybe I should read more of Rand's novels?
I find Anton LaVey's selfish Church of Satan philosophies (which were inspired by Rand) to be much more interesting than Ayn Rand's philosophies. Plus LaVey had a better eye for aesthetics than Rand. One also can't help but forget that LaVey had a grand sense of humor which Rand was sorely lacking."
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