The Intellectual Contributions of Ayn Rand

Published October 10, 2010 | By Bman

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through American history during her last year of high school. Rand took America as her model of what a nation of free men could be. She felt that this was her destiny.

After the Bolsheviks Revolution, Ayn Rand returned to live in Russia. She attended the University of Petrograd. The communist government was running the university. Opportunity for free inquiry was gone. Rand was not satisfied as she studied philosophy and history. Her one escape was the cinema. She loved western films and plays. She wanted to be free of government censure and pursue her desire to write. When she left Russia in 1925 to visit relatives in the United States she secretly vowed never to return to her homeland. Rand’s goal was to live in Hollywood and pursue a career as a screenwriter.

Rand struggled for several years at various non-writing

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