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completing the Western civilization project: Ayn Rand
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Western Civilization’s key idea: the Efficacy and Supremacy of Reason
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the individual vs. the collective; American Revolution vs. French Revolution
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attacking Reason & the Individual; Sacrifice, Sacrifice, Sacrifice
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the West’s contradiction: the moral standard of sacrifice or altruism vs. eudaimonia
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completing the Enlightenment: Ayn Rand & Objectivism
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Objectivism vs Libertarianism; France’s need for Rand
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Q: What about the biography of Rand?
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Q: Isn’t it good to be an atheist?
37:30 to 41:29
Q: what about Richard Dawkin’s views on religion?
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Q: How to convince others that Scandinavia isn’t real socialism?
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Q: what is the status of Nathaniel Branden in Objectivism?
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Q: Isn’t the rise of democracy and mysticism a consequence of anti-Reason?
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Q: According to Rand, what is the moral?
57:42 to 01:00:13
Q: Is Trump influenced by Rand?
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Q: What makes individuals as they are?
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Q: What about Free Will?
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