A competition presupposes some basic principles held in common by all the
competitors, such as the rules of the game in athletics, or the functions of
the free market in business.
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Introduction copyright © 1986 by Leonard Peikoff.
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Acknowledgments
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Stein and Day Publishers. Excerpts from The Romantic Manifesto ,
by Ayn Rand. Copyright © 1971, by The Objectivist .
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Atlas Shrugged , copyright © 1957 by Ayn Rand, The
Fountainhead , copyright © 1943 by Ayn Rand, and For the
New Intellectual , copyright © 1961 by Ayn Rand. Reprinted by
permission of the Estate of Ayn Rand. Excerpts from Philosophy: Who
Needs It , by Ayn Rand. Copyright © 1982 by
Leonard Peikoff, Executor, Estate of Ayn Rand. Reprinted by
permission of the Estate of Ayn Rand. Excerpts from “The Philosophy
of Objectivism” lecture series. Copyright © 1976 by
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Toffler’s interview with Ayn Rand, which first appeared in
Playboy magazine. Copyright © 1964. Reprinted by permission
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