AynRand.org is the official website of the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), the source for information on the life, writings and work of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand. Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, ARI offers educational experiences based on Ayn Rand’s books and ideas for a variety of audiences, including students, educators, policymakers ...

Get an overview of Ayn Rand's novels and philosophy here. Learn how one shaped the other, and how both changed the world.

Ayn Rand’s philosophy for living on earth has changed the lives of millions and continues to influence American culture and politics. The Ayn Rand Institute is dedicated to advancing her principles of reason, rational self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism.

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In this lesson, Ayn Rand lays out the basic tenets of Objectivism, including her position on the nature of reality, the efficacy of reason, man’s highest moral purpose, and the ideal politico-economic system.

Ayn Rand wrote volumes urging people to be selfish. What? Aren’t people already too selfish? Just do whatever you feel like, be a thoughtless jerk, and exploit people to get ahead. Easy, right? Except that acting thoughtlessly and victimizing others, Rand claims, is not in your self-interest.

Ayn Rand was born Alisa Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905, in St. Petersburg (later Petrograd, then Leningrad), Russia. She hated the religious mysticism of Russia, later calling the country “an accidental cesspool of civilization.”

ARI offers a variety of educational experiences to promote greater understanding of Ayn Rand’s philosophy and, through the writing and speaking of our experts, advocates her principles of reason, rational self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism.

The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z is a mini-encyclopedia containing key passages from the writings of Ayn Rand and her associates on more than 400 topics, ranging widely from God and charity to abortion and egoism. In question periods, Ayn Rand often addressed issues she never discussed in print.

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