When a person calls himself an egoist, he defies public opinion. When others call him that, they condemn him. But selfishness is nothing more than concern for one’s own interests.
When a person calls himself an egoist, he defies public opinion. When others call him that, they condemn him. But selfishness is nothing more than concern for one’s own interests. Are we really to think that it is wrong to act in our own interests just because they are our own, or does it really matter what they are? The next question is – should any action for the sake of other people be perceived unequivocally as good? The answer is of paramount importance. After all, to this day, all over the world, influential people justify their atrocities by saying that they are committed not for personal gain, but for the sake of the people. About this — passionate articles by Ayn Rand, nee Alice Zinovievna Rosenbaum. She was born in St. Petersburg, in 1905, died in 1982 in the USA, in the city with the symbolic name of Valhalla (in Scandinavian mythology, the heavenly chamber where the fallen in battle feast). The one who was her first love was shot at home in the 37th. By this time she had already lived in the States for 12 years. She worked as a saleswoman, costume designer, film extra and screenwriter until she became a well-known writer and founder of the philosophy of objectivism.
ALPINA Publishers, 153 p.