This brilliantly conceived and well-organized book is dependant on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976, prepared by using Ayn Rand and entitled “The Philosophy of Objectivism.” Ayn Rand said of these lectures: “Until or unless I write a thorough treatise on my viewpoint, Dr. Peikoff’s training course is the just authorized demonstration of the entire theoretical structure of objectivism-that is usually, the only one that I understand to be completely accurate.”

As Rand’s designated heir and foremost interpreter, Peikoff here reveals both the abstract basic principles of objectivism and its own practical applications, covering topics from certainty to cash, from reasoning to art. With much brand-new material that Rand provided only in personal discussions with Peikoff, these obvious, cogent chapters light up objectivism and its originator with startling clarity.