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Over five thousand years of history the world
has revolved around the power of kings and
bishops, warriors and priests, Attilas and Witch
Doctors, while unseen, unsung peasants
worked in obscurity, mercilessly exploited,
producing the goods that kept everyone else
alive. It was a profound intellectual error that
led to these ghastly historical consequences.
Ayn Rand’s seminal achievement was to
elevate the Producers: to show the importance
of the Businessman and the Intellectual in
human life, and to explain their liberation in the
Industrial Revolution. From Roman Emperors
to Medieval Popes this lecture will dig into her
distinctive view of history, and celebrate the
opportunity her ideas provide for the future.
Bio: Dr. John Lewis is Assistant Professor of History at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. He is holder of an Anthem Fellowship for Objectivist Scholarship. He received his PhD in Classics from the University of Cambridge, has taught at the University of London, and has been a visiting scholar at Rice University and Bowling Green State University. His book “Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens” is forthcoming from Duckworth Press, and he is completing a book “Nothing Less than Victory: Military Offense and the Lessons of History.” His encyclopedia articles include an entry on Ayn Rand at www.LiteraryEncyclopedia.com.
Date: May 6, 2006
Location: West Woods Golf Course 6555 Quaker Street Arvada, Colorado
Social Hour: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Talk: 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $50, $35 for students. May reserve and pay on-line at www.FrontRangeObjectivism.com
Contact: Lin Zinser Front Range Objectivism www.FrontRangeObjectivism.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 303.431.2525
For the New IntellectualA Study in History—by John Lewis