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The truth or falsehood of all man's conclusions, inferences, thought and knowledge rests on the truth or falsehood of his definitions." -Ayn RandAyn Rand taught the importance of knowing exact definitions. In the course of her re-conceptualization of key philosophic issues, she formulated brilliant new definitions of many concepts. Building on her base, Leonard Peikoff has nearly doubled the number of philosophic terms formally defined by Obje...

Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured from its original path and led down the same road that Germany followed to Nazism. Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial "truth, " the public good, doing one's duty-these are among the seductive catch-phrases that Leonard Peikoff dis...

Based on a lecture course given by Leonard Peikoff in 1972, this book provides essential knowledge for everyone whose life pursuits are threatened by our culture's widespread irrationality. "To fight for your values in a world such as ours, you must regard yourself as a psychotherapist of an entire culture, " states Dr. Peikoff in his opening lecture. "Its present state at any given time cannot be understood except as an outgrowth from its pas...

Selbstopferung, orientalischer Mystizismus, Rassismus, "das Allgemeinwohl" und Pflichterfüllung sind einige der verführerischen Schlagworte, die Dr. Peikoff auseinander-nimmt. Er fördert die dahinterstehende Philosophie und die Gesinnung dahinter zutage, die Deutschland in den Abgrund des Nationalsozialismus stürzte und die nun auch die Vereinigten Staaten bedroht. "Wenn Sie dem philosophischen Bankrott von heute nicht zum Opfer fallen wollen,...

Based on a series of lectures given by Leonard Peikoff in 1981, Principles of Grammar offers not only an organized survey of grammatical rules and principles but their connection to the principles of clear thinking and clear writing. "At the end of the course, " says Dr. Peikoff, "you should be able to see every grammatical rule, directly or indirectly, as a consequence or expression of some essential requirement of the human mind, " not "a si...

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Based on a series of lectures by Leonard Peikoff and edited by Marlene Trollope, Discovering Great Plays provides the ability to understand, judge and savor the values offered by great drama. Plays discussed include: Antigone by Sophocles, Othello by Shakespeare, Le Cid by Corneille, Don Carlos by Schiller, An Enemy of the People by Ibsen, Saint Joan by Shaw, Monna Vanna by Maeterlinck, and Cyrano de Bergerac by Rostand. A list of recommended ...

With his groundbreaking and controversial DIM hypothesis, Dr. Leonard Peikoff casts a penetrating new light on the process of human thought, and thereby on Western culture and history.In this far-reaching study, Peikoff identifies the three methods people use to integrate concrete data into a whole, as when connecting diverse experiments by a scientific theory, or separate laws into a Constitution, or single events into a story. The first meth...

Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is increasingly influencing the shape of the world from business and politics to achieving personal goals. Here, Leonard Peikoff—Rand's heir—explains how you can communicate philosophical ideas with conviction, logic, and, most of all, reason.Based on a series of lectures presented by Peikoff, Objective Communication shows how to apply Objectivist principles to the problem of achieving clarity both in thoug...

A truly revolutionary idea… Clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned."-Ayn Rand Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial "truth, " the public good, doing one's duty-these are among the seductive catchphrases that circulated in pre-Nazi Germany. Objectivist author and philosopher Leonard Peikoff was Ayn Rand's long-time associate. In The Cause of Hitler's Germany-previously published in The Ominous Parallels...

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The definitive statement of Ayn Rand's philosophy, written by the preeminent Rand exponent and scholar. Illustrated with excerpts from her published works, complete with an abundance of new material that Rand communicated only in private conversation with Peikoff, this book illuminates Objectivism--and its creator--with brilliant clarity.