Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (67 page)

MacBride, Roger,
268

Machan, Tibor,
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,
338
n38,
296

Maine, Sir Henry,
76

Mannheimer, Albert,
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,
110
,
125

Marx, Karl,
34
,
112

Marxism,
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–16,
35
,
61
,
72
,
200

Matthews, J. B.,
140

Matthiessen, F. O.,
137

McCarthy, Joseph,
140
,
160
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194

Mealand, Richard,
68
,
79
–80

Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
,
87
,
94
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See also
Nock, Albert Jay

Mencken, H. L.,
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71

Meyer, Frank,
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184

Mises, Ludwig von,
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–143,
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195
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270

Mitchell, Joan,
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Monroe, Marilyn,
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Mont Pelerin Society,
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,
105
,
118
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140

Morris, Gouverneur,
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,
33

Morris, Ruth,
38

Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals,
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,
116
,
123
–124,
133

Mullendore, William,
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,
102
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117
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120
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131
,
176
–177

Mumford, Lewis,
45

Murray, Charles,
279

Mussolini, Benito,
49

Nathaniel Branden Institute.
See
NBI

The Nation
,
36
,
90
,
95

National Association of Manufacturers,
71
,
95
,
144

National Economic Council,
71
,
102
,
120

National Review
,
120
,
140
,
146
,
174
–178,
230
–231

National Small Businessman’s Association,
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,
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Nazism,
3
,
49
,
80

NBI,
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–181,
191
,
216

     conformity within,
233
–237

     curriculum,
216
–217,
233
–236

     in New York,
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–216,
231
–233

Neutra, Richard,
99

New Deal,
4
,
37
–38,
57

     as influence on Rand’s political views,
38
,
48
–49,
54
,
58
,
121

     libertarian arguments against,
60
,
73
–74,
77
–78,
87
,
102
–103,
115

     as literary inspiration for Rand,
69
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70
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79
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93

New Left,
219
–220

New York Herald Tribune
,
48
,
55
,
75
,
81
,
89

New York Times
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90
,
172

Newmark, Craig,
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Niebuhr, Reinhold,
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,
139

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
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78
,
113
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132
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303
n4

     as influence on
The Fountainhead
,
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–43,68,
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–26,
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30
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51
,
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     Rand’s early reading of,
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–26,
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30
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Night of January
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th
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–30,
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Nixon, Richard,
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Nock, Albert Jay,
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48
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71
–73,
120
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Norton, Gale,
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Nozick, Robert,
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–271

O’Connor, Frank

     acting career of,
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30
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49
,
81

     artistic career of,
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222

     in Chatsworth,
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–110,
138

     courtship of Ayn Rand,
23
–24

     importance to Ayn Rand,
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,
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–100,
125
–126,
196
,
249
,
276

     marriage to Ayn Rand,
26
–27,
30
–31,
46
–47,
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,
149

     reaction to Rand’s affair,
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–157,
227

     upbringing and character,
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71
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322
n54
30
,
31

O’Connor, Nick,
30
,
31

Objectivism,
2
,
4
,
5
.
See also
Atlas Shrugged

     as part of conservative youth culture,
202
,
205
,
252
–257

     as philosophical system,
147
–148

     as social world,
144
,
147
–149 .
See also
NBI

     controversy surrounding,
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–202,
232

     popularity on campus,
196
–202,
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–218,
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–221,
254

Objectivist Forum
,
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Objectivist Newsletter
,
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,
204
.
See also The Objectivist

The Objectivist
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
265

Ogden, Archie,
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,
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Oppenheimer, Robert,
107

Ortega y Gasset, José,
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n2,
308
n62

Our Enemy, The State
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73

Pamphleteers,
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,
104

Paramount Pictures,
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,
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,
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Parsons, Talcott,
73

Partisan Review
,
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,
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n31

Passion of Ayn Rand
,
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–280

Paterson, Isabel

     break with Rand,
129
–132,
138

     correspondence with Rand,
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–112,
125
–130

     friendship with Rand,
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–78,
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–83,
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–90,
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,
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,
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–129

     as literary critic,
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Frank,
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     political and philosophical views,
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–89,
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–113,
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Pearl Harbor,
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Petrograd,
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–14,
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Petrograd State University,
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–15

Plato,
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Playboy
,
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Pollock, Channing,
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Popular Front,
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Presley, Sharon,
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public education,
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,
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racism,
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.
See also
Rand, Ayn, views on race

Rahv, Phillip,
35

Rampart College,
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Rand, Ayn

     altruism, critique of before and in
Fountainhead
,
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,
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,
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,
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–84,
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,
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–106

     altruism, critique of post-
Fountainhead
,
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,
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–193,
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n8.
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ethical ideas of

     ambition of,
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–22,
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–29,
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     anti-Communism of,
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–13,
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–34,
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.
See also
Communism, HUAC

     anti-communist activism,
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,
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,
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–125.
See also
Motion Picture Alliance for Preservation of American Ideals

     Aristotle, influence upon. See Aristotle

     atheism of,
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,
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,
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,
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–140,
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–191,
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.
See also
Rand, Ayn, views on religion

     break with Nathaniel Branden,
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–244 .
See also
Branden, Nathaniel

     business admiration of,
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–70,
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–103,
168
–172

     capitalism, views on3,
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,
39
,
63
–65,
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,
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,
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.
See also Atlas Shrugged

     career in movie industry,
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–21,
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–27,
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     class theory,
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–62,
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,
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n38

     collectivism, critique of,
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–33,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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     conscription, views on,
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,
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–230

     creativity, ideas about,
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–62,
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,
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     criminality, attraction to as metaphor,
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,
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,
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n32

     democracy, views on,
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,
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     depression of,
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     drug use of,
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.
See also
Benzedrine

     elitism of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
113
,
326
n7.
See also
Atlas Shrugged

     emotional life,
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,
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,
23
–24,
29
,
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,
178
.
See also
marriage of

     emotions, ideas about,
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,
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,
159
–160,
225
.
See also
emotionalism; psychological theories of

     estate of,
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,
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–293.
See also
Peikoff, Leonard

     ethical theories,
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–43,
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–84,
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,
114
,
121
–123,
192
–193.
See also
Objectivism

     extended family in United States,
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,
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–20

     extra-marital affair with Nathaniel Branden,
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–157,
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,
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–227,
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     fan mail from readers,
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,
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,
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–94,
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–134,
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–172,
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,
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n42

     final illness and death,
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–278

     government, views on,
3
,
38
,
63
,
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–168,
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,
252
.
See also
Objectivism

     Hollywood, in early years,
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–30

     homosexuality, views of,
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     journals, editing of published versions,
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–293

     Judaism of,
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,
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,
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–20,
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,
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n23

     individualism of,
2

         in early years,
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,
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,
32

         as ethical idea,
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,
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,
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–107,
172

         as political creed,
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–65,
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,
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,
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–107

     letters, editing of published versions,
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–293

     libertarianism and,
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–261,
267
–269.
See also
libertarianism

     man worship, theory of,
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–227,
265

     marriage of,
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,
31
.
See also
Frank

     misogyny of,
45
,
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n19.
See also
theory of man worship