TY - BOOK AU - Gotthelf, Allan. TI - On Ayn Rand SN - 534576257 AV - B 945.R234 .G714 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Australia PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning KW - Objectivism (Philosophy) KW - sears N1 - the objective foundation -- Virtue, self and others (with a brief look at politics and esthetics) -- Benevolent universe premise and the heroic view of man; the volitionally rational living being -- Ethics; Life and intellectual development (1905-43) -- Life and intellectual development (1943-82) -- "A philosophy for living on earth" -- Metaphysics -- Metaphysics (continued) -- Perception and concepts -- Objectivity -- Man N2 - Outlines the foundation of the philosopher's thought which are centered on metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. The analysis of objectivity as a relationship between human consciousness and existence that respects both the identity of consciousness/absolutism of reality, classified as one of the most fundamental/distinctive elements of Rand's thought highlight's the text ER -