Listen to another of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged heroes – Francisco d’Anconia, owner of d’Anconia Copper. At a party, he suddenly hears someone say the words “You know, money is the root of all evil. And he is the typical product of money.” As a response, d’Anconia gives his favorite Money Speech.
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Hank Rearden and Ragnar Danneskjold – Encounter at Night – from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Listen to the encounter at night between Hank Rearden and Ragnar Danneskjold. A great and famous scene from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
Read by Karsten Groeger.
Continue readingThe Winston Train Tunnel Disaster | from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Listen to another great excerpt from Ayn Rand’s masterpiece “Atlas Shrugged”. This time it is about what happens when people evade the necessity of making rational decisions and refuse to take responsibility for their actions. Listen to Taggart Transcontinental’s “Comet” driving into a train tunnel in Winston, Colorado, thus causing an unprecedented train catastrophe: The Train Tunnel Disaster of Winston, Colorado.
Read by Karsten Groeger.
Continue reading‘From each according to his ability to each according to his need’ – from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
This is a dialog between Dagny Taggart and a homeless, a former staff member of the Twentieth Century Motor Company which implemented the Communist Credo “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”.
Continue readingThe Meaning of Sex – from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Listen to Francisco d’Anconia, a main character in Ayn Rand’s millenial masterpiece ‘Atlas Shrugged’, explain the true and virtuous meaning of love and sex to Hank Rearden – both men loving the same woman and not knowing about.
Continue readingThe Trial of Hank Rearden – from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Listen to Henry – Hank – Rearden, one of Ayn Rand’s main characters from her greatest work “Atlas Shrugged”, smash collectivism and socialism, defend a capitalist and free society.
Read by Karsten Groeger.
Continue readingAyn Rand – Tochter der Freiheit und Göttin des Kapitalismus
Von Karsten Groeger.
„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.“
„Meine Philosophie besteht im Wesentlichen aus der Auffassung vom Menschen als heroischem Wesen, mit seinem eigenen Glück als moralischem Ziel seines Lebens, mit produktiver Leistung als seiner edelsten Tätigkeit und Vernunft als seinem einzigen Absoluten.“
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