"Philosophy: Who Needs It" by Ayn Rand

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What is philosophy - and how is it relevant to my life? Ayn Rand answered these questions in her address to the senior class of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1974.
Rand challenges the idea that philosophy belongs only in the ivory tower. Instead she argues that, whether we realize it or not, we all hold and act on philosophic ideas - and philosophy is a crucial, practical need of human life.
This illustrated audio lecture is a great starting point for those new to philosophy or to Rand’s ideas. The talk became the lead essay in Rand’s book Philosophy: Who Needs It.
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@egoistorms 3 жыл бұрын

“As a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need a philosophy. Your only choice is whether you define your philosophy by a conscious, rational, disciplined process of thought and scrupulously logical deliberation - or let your subconscious accumulate a junk heap of unwarranted conclusions, false generalizations, undefined contradictions, undigested slogans, unidentified wishes, doubts and fears, thrown together by chance, but integrated by your subconscious into a kind of mongrel philosophy and fused into a single, solid weight: self-doubt, Like a ball and chain in the place where your mind's wings should have grown.” #ifthisisntniceidontknowwhatis

@openmind2464 2 жыл бұрын

Should be required reading/listening to every philosophy textbook.

@tomburroughes9834 3 жыл бұрын

A genius.

@notthemashiach567 2 жыл бұрын

To the average person she is a genius, but to a philosopher she is average.

@tomburroughes9834 2 жыл бұрын

@@notthemashiach567 Given that many philosophers aren't as smart as they think, that sort of undermines your wisecrack.

@johngleue Жыл бұрын

Amazing speech!

@VeryLazyAngel 5 жыл бұрын

Ayn Rand is brilliant.

@kevincherian8190 3 жыл бұрын

Watching the last half of this in 2020 makes her sound like a prophet

@rnw2032 2 жыл бұрын

She is one of my main influences and reason I want to start thatliferap Truth, happiness, accountability, toleration, love, individualism, freedom, education, rights and peace.

@riokriok2863 10 ай бұрын

She is brilliant to manipulate people like you

@Annc212 3 жыл бұрын

beautifully demonstrated graphics thanks @aynrandinstitute and @michaelpaxton

@johng8560 2 жыл бұрын

Greatest mind ever.

@Howtragicforyou Жыл бұрын

Just picked up a first edition paperback of this book. Can’t wait to read it.

@YashArya01 3 ай бұрын

Did you read it?

@YashArya01 Жыл бұрын

26:30 specifically addresses the US Army; ignore the contemporary examples if you disagree, and focus on the essentials. 32:00 conclusion that may not make sense to those without knowledge of Objectivism and History. Focus on her principles, regardless of whether you think US lived up to it.

@huckleberryfinney4393 8 ай бұрын

You have reaped the words off my mouth. Yes, we look at the american imperialism differently now, but the essence of her words, the principles, can lead us out of this mess

@exnihilonihilfit6316 3 ай бұрын

Whether it lived up to it in the future ('the future' relevant to 1974) is irrelevant to whether it lived up to it then.

@NarrativevsFacts 2 ай бұрын

@@exnihilonihilfit6316 'Gulf of Tonkin' - 1964, '9/11' - 2001, 'Numerous other false flag events' - 1990- Until the fall of the empire

@MT-2020 3 жыл бұрын

And here we are...

@ramonhernandez5211 5 жыл бұрын

Great!!!!!!!!!

@randstadnews3742 2 жыл бұрын

great

@bretnetherton9273 6 ай бұрын

At what point do I cease to exist, and at what point do I know that I am? Can there ever be answers to questions that falter? To be is to be that can never be altered. Empty your mind for clarity of view the absence of thought is not the absence of you. We come not out of the world, nor whither away. If all is oneself where does one stray?