ATLAS SHRUGGED 1ST PRT OF BK & DJ Ayn Rand A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL FINE FIRST EDITION! Start Price USD 1,395.00 Current Price USD 1,395.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 18, 2008 End Time Friday, July 25, 2008 Location , See more about 'ATLAS SHRUGGED 1ST PRT OF BK & DJ Ayn Rand' Description presents ...ATLAS SHRUGGED 1ST PRT OF BK & DJ Author: Rand, Ayn Publisher: Random House: NY Release Date: 1957 Seller Category: -- Qty Available: 1 Condition: Fine Notes: First edition, stated first printing. Book is fine, lightly used, free of former owner writing or bookplates. Overall a superb copy in much better condition than usually found for this large book. Stunning Fine first issue jacket by: Salter with required first issue points: Random House Logo and address without zip on rear flap and 10/57 on front flap. Most of original $ is present on neatly price clipped front flap. Mylar protected jacket has only a trace of wear to edges and remains in it's original untouched state. Rand's magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged. Rand's writing (both fiction and non-fiction) emphasizes the philosophic concepts of objective reality in metaphysics, reason in epistemology, and rational egoism in ethics. In politics she was a proponent of laissez-faire capitalism and a staunch defender of individual rights, believing that the sole function of a proper government is protection of individual rights (including property rights). She believed that individuals must choose their values and actions solely by reason, and that "Man — every man — is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. " According to Rand, the individual "must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life. "Rand decried the initiation of force and fraud, and held that government action should consist only in protecting citizens from criminal aggression (via the police) and foreign aggression (via the military) and in maintaining a system of courts to decide guilt or innocence and to objectively resolve disputes. Her politics are generally described as minarchist and libertarian, though she did not use the first term and disavowed any connection to the second. [2]Rand, a self-described hero-worshiper, stated in her book The Romantic Manifesto that the goal of her writing was "the projection of an ideal man. " In reference to her philosophy, Objectivism, she said: "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. " ; 1168 pages. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!! Place a Bid!