{"product_id":"for-the-new-intellectual-ayn-rand-9780451163080","title":"For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eHere is Ayn Rand's first non-fiction work--a challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the \"atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion\" that they create. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs incisive and relevant today as it was sixty years ago, this book presents the essentials of Ayn Rand's philosophy \"for those who wish to acquire an integrated view of existence.\" In the title essay, she offers an analysis of Western culture, discusses the causes of its progress, its decline, its present bankruptcy, and points the road to an intellectual renaissance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophy--and ethic of rational self-interest--that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality--\"a philosophy for living on Earth\"--are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman for a new class, \u003ci\u003eFor the New Intellectual\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ayn Rand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0451163087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451163080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.77h x 4.19w x 0.62d","brand":"Ayn Rand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042808328447,"sku":"9780451163080","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_688b2d01-37f2-48a8-a3dc-b54677c50d48.jpg?v=1684963660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-the-new-intellectual-ayn-rand-9780451163080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}