The Ayn Rand Institute has disseminated the following information on Ayn Rand's understanding of human concept formation. "According to Objectivism, concepts are derived from and do refer to the facts of reality. The mind at birth (as Aristotle first stated) is tabula rasa; there are no innate ideas. The senses are man's primary means of contact with reality; they give him the precondition of all subsequent knowledge, the evidence that something is. What the something is he discovers o ...

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Ayn Rand (February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) /aɪn/ (rhymes with 'mine')), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of individualism, rational egoism ("rational self-interest"), and capitalism. Believi ...

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• Ayn Rand - Politics and House Committee on Un-American Activities testimony
• Ayn Rand - Legacy
• Ayn Rand - Controversy
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• Ayn Rand - Fiction
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Ayn Rand - Early life. Rand was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and was the eldest of three daughters of a Jewish family. Her parents were agnostic and largely non-observant. From an early age, she displayed a strong interest in literature and films. She started writing screenplays and novels from the age of seven. Her mother undertook to teach her French and subscribed to a magazine featuring stories for boys, where Rand found her first childhood hero: Cyrus Paltons, an Indian army officer in a Rudyard Kipling ...

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Amazon feminism is dedicated to the image of the female hero in fiction and in fact, as it is expressed in art and literature in the physiques and feats of female athletes, martial artists, and other powerfully built women, and in gender-related and sexual orientations. Amazon feminism is concerned about physical equality and is opposed to gender role stereotypes and discrimination against women based on assumptions that women are supposed to be, look or behave ...

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Objectivist philosophy - Metaphysics: Objective reality. Main article: Objectivist metaphysics The key tenets of the Objectivist metaphysics are captured in three propositions: Existence exists. Existence is Identity. Consciousness is Identification. The axiom of Existence affirms that reality (the universe, that which is) exists, and that it exists independently of human consciousness. The Law of Identity states that anything that exists is determinate, ...

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Objectivist philosophy, Objectivist philosophy - Objectivist principles, Objectivist philosophy - Metaphysics: Objective reality, Objectivist philosophy - Epistemology: reason, Objectivist philosophy - Ethics: rational self-interest, Objectivist philosophy - Politics: individual rights and capitalism, Objectivist philosophy - Esthetics: Romanticism, Objectivist philosophy - Response to Objectivist philosophy, Objectivist philosophy - Criticism of Objectivism, Objectivist philosophy - Criticism of Ayn Rand’s reading of the history of philosophy, Objectivist philosophy - Notes

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This House committee, McCormack-Dickstein, was named after its chairman and vice chairman, John W. McCormack and Samuel Dickstein. It was called the Special Committee on Un-American Activities Authorized to Investigate Nazi Propaganda and Certain Other Propaganda Activities. In 1934, it held public and private hearings in six cities, questioned hundreds of witnesses and collected testimony filling 4,300 pages. Its mandate was to get “information on how foreign subv ...

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1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1905 - Events. January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China; an event which shocked the world. January 22 - Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier ...

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• 1905 - Unknown dates
• 1905 - Deaths
• 1905 - Nobel Prizes

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Conscription in the United States - Early drafts. The United States first employed a form of conscription during the War of 1812. The imposition of a draft touched off the New York Draft Riots in 1863. The Confederate States instituted conscription in 1862, but resistance was both widespread and violent. Both sides permitted conscripts to hire substitutes. Conscription in ...

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Conscription in the United States, Conscription in the United States - History, Conscription in the United States - Early drafts, Conscription in the United States - The World Wars and the Korean War, Conscription in the United States - The Cold War, Conscription in the United States - Vietnam War, Conscription in the United States - Post-Vietnam standby draft, Conscription in the United States - Legality, Conscription in the United States - Selective Service Reforms, Conscription in the United States - Perception of the Draft as Unfair, Conscription in the United States - Conscription controversies in 2004, Conscription in the United States - Civilian service, Conscription in the United States - The draft and immigration

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A concept is an abstract, universal idea, notion, or entity that serves to designate a category or class of entities, events, or relations. Concepts are abstract in that they omit the differences of the things in their extension, treating them as if they were identical. They are universal in that they apply equally to every thing in their extension. Concepts are also the basic elements of propositions, much the same way a wor ...

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• Concept - Locke
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• Concept - William James's Truth
• Concept - Gilles Deleuze's definition of Philosophy
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• Concept - Concepts in science
• Concept - Concepts in Mathematics

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Collectivism, in general, is a term used to describe a theoretical or practical emphasis on the group, as opposed to (and seen by many of its opponents to be at the expense of) the individual. It is thus opposed to individualism. It should be noted, however, that many collectivists also derive their philosophy from a concern for the well being of individuals. Since any group is necessarily made up of individuals, the good of the group necessarily involves the good of at least some (often the majority) of the individuals who compose it ...

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Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин sometimes translated into English as Eugene Zamyatin) (February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rand's Anthem. Zamyatin also wrote a number of short stories, in fairy tale form, that constituted satirical criticism of the Communist regime in Russ ...

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Conscription National service Conscription crisis Conscientious objection Conscription in Australia Conscription in Germany Conscription in Greece Conscription in New Zealand Conscription in the United States The United States has employed conscription (mandatory military service, also called "the draft") several times, usually during war but also during the nominal peace of the Cold War. The U.S. discontinued the draft in 1973. Today, the Selective Service ...

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• Conscription in the United States - Post-Vietnam standby draft
• Conscription in the United States - Legality
• Conscription in the United States - Selective Service Reforms
• Conscription in the United States - Perception of the Draft as Unfair
• Conscription in the United States - Conscription controversies in 2004
• Conscription in the United States - Civilian service
• Conscription in the United States - The draft and immigration

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A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. More accurately, a fictional character is the person or conscious entity we imagine to exist within the world of such a work. In addition to people, characters can be aliens, animals, gods or, occasionally, inanimate objects. Characters are almost always at the center of fictional texts, especially novels and plays. It is, in fact, hard to imagine a novel or play without characters, though such texts have been attempted (James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is one of ...

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• Fictional character - Character as patient: psychoanalytic readings
• Fictional character - Round characters vs. flat characters
• Fictional character - Unusual uses
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• Fictional character - Lists of fictional characters
• Fictional character - General
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• Fictional character - Fictional animals
• Fictional character - Lists of fictional characters in specific works or series
• Fictional character - Heroes and villains

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In common usage, the word capitalism means an economic system in which all or most of the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit, and the investment of capital is privately determined; and in which production, distribution, and prices of goods, services, and labor are determined mainly through the influence of the forces of supply and demand in the operation of a free market . Capitalism has also been referred by various sources by the terms free market economy, free enterprise system,e ...

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• Capitalism - Which economies are capitalist?
• Capitalism - Criticisms of capitalism
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• Capitalism - Employment/unemployment
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• Capitalism - Human rights violations imperialism and democracy
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• Capitalism - Indices of economic freedom
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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was a twentieth-century movie star, sex symbol and pop icon. Known for her comedic skills and remarkable screen presence, many now consider her a legendary screen actress. Marilyn Monroe - Early life. Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her registered name was Norma Jeane Mortenson, but her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized as Norma Jeane Ba ...

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LaVeyan Satanism | Luciferianism | Religious Satanism | Sat/Tan Satanism | Setianism | Traditional satanism Church of Satan | First Church of Satan | First Satanic Church | Order of Mars | Order of Nine Angles | Order of the Left Hand Path | Temple of Set Baphomet | Blanche Barton | Peggy Nadramia | Anton LaVey | Karla LaVey | Lucifer | Satan Left-Hand Path | Moral Majority | Pentagonal Revisionism | Suitheism | Survival of the fittest The Black Flame | The Church of Satan | The Satanic ...

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• Satanism - Satanic philosophy
• Satanism - Criticisms of Satanism
• Satanism - Non-Satanic Sects

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Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement in the history of ideas that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. It stressed strong emotion—which now might include trepidation, awe and horror as aesthetic experiences—the individual imagination as a critical authority—which permitted freedom within or even from classical notions of form in art—and overturning of previous social conventions, particularly the position of the aristocracy. There was a strong element of historical and natural inevitability in its i ...

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Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise Guilt is a word describing many concepts related to an emotion or condition caused by actions which are, or are believed to be, morally wrong. Guilt - Definitions of guilt. Guilt - In psychology. In psychology and ordinary langu ...

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In comparative religion, fundamentalism has come to refer to several different understandings of religious thought and practice, including literal interpretation of sacred texts such as the Bible or the Quran and sometimes also anti-modernist movements in various religions. In some ways religious fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon, characterized by a sense of embattled alienation in the midst of the surrounding culture, even where the culture may be nominally influenced by the adherents' religion. The term can also re ...

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• Fundamentalism - Non-Abrahamic religions
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• Fundamentalism - Arguments in favor of fundamentalist positions
• Fundamentalism - Criticism of the fundamentalist position
• Fundamentalism - Fundamentalism and politics

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Anton Szandor LaVey (born 11 April 1930 – 29 October 1997), was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, author of The Satanic Bible, founder of the religion known as Satanism. He claimed no supernatural “inspiration” for this religion, but rather synthesized his understanding of human nature and the insights of earlier philosophers who advocated materialism and individualism. LaVey viewed Satan not as a literal deity or entity, but as a historic literary figure symbolic of Anti-Christian values. Including:

• Anton LaVey - Biography
• Anton LaVey - Criticism
• Anton LaVey - Books by LaVey
• Anton LaVey - Books featuring writings by LaVey
• Anton LaVey - Books about LaVey
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