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This is **Ayn Rand**'s 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. One 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, **For the New Intellectual.** ** ### Review ''Ayn Rand is destined to rank in history as the outstanding novelist and most profound philosopher of the twentieth century.'' --*New York Daily Mirror* ### About the Author AYN RAND (1905-1982) was born in Russia, graduated from the University of Leningrad, and came to the United States in 1926. She published her first novel in 1936. With the publication of *The Fountainhead* in 1943, she achieved a spectacular and enduring success and her unique philosophy, Objectivism, gained a worldwide following.