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Ben Bayer - Thinking Like an Individualist

4,627 views · Published 7 December 2018 · 58:56 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Ayn Rand Institute · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

Thinking Like an Individualist

This session explores a key theme of The Fountainhead: the importance of thinking for oneself. We discuss how key speeches and passages from the book address these questions: What does it mean to think for oneself? Does it mean believing whatever one likes, never learning from or agreeing with others, judging everything on a case-by-case basis? Or does it mean using a disciplined, principled method consistent with learning from others? (May contain mild Fountainhead plot spoilers.)

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