Our Esthetic Vacuum (MP3 download) Law

Our Esthetic Vacuum (MP3 download) LawBy Ayn Rand In this 1962 radio lecture, Ayn Rand explains her theory of esthetics (the branch of philosophy concerned with art), discussing the role that art and literature play in human life. Do not make the mistake of concluding that the purpose of art is education or enlightenment or propaganda, or any kind of narrow didactic message, Rand observes. Art is the expression of mens deepest, most fundamental, most philosophical values. From 1962 1965,

contrasting the Realist idea of “insight” with Ayn Rand’s theory of “the unit-perspective

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This course assumes prior familiarity with several concepts from Ayn Rand’s philosophy

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These lectures were recorded at the 2004 Objectivist Summer Conference in Wintergreen

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