Recently, I have been thinking about the purpose of my life. Naturally, it's a topic that everyone will certainly ponder about in some stage of their life. There have been two views presented regarding this topic. 1) There is absolutely no purpose in life and that people just live for the sake of surviving everyday …
Category: Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is the first novel I read about objectivism. Well, the book did not exactly tell anything about her philosophy like her next one Atlas Shrugged. I fell in love with both Dominique and Howard Roark. That is all I can describe about the book because I don't have any other words to …
How I came upon objectivism…
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. At least, as the saying goes. But it is not enough as to the reason why I read a lot. My friends think I am such a bookworm. One of them even went to the extent and said that I would probably never …
Selfishness Is Virtue
Some of them, like Ayn rand, have said this. Some of them have condemned it, praising altruistic behaviour. But is it possible to be truely altruistic? To help others, disregarding our own self-interest. Is it truely possible?As humans we are born selfish. Selfishness is our true nature. But like they say in spiderman, everybody loves …
--Wynand asked:“Howard, have you ever been in love?”Roark turned to look straight at him and answer quietly:“I still am.”“But when you walk through a building, what you feel is greater than that?”“Much greater, Gail.”“I was thinking of people who say that happiness is impossible on earth. Look how hard they all try to find some …
Priya Jayagopi 