Enlightenment Ideals + Objectivism = Second Renaissance

About this episode

The hosts discuss the intersection of Enlightenment ideals and Objectivism as a foundation for a Second Renaissance in America.

Welcome to our 100th Episode! Today Martin and I echo what is happening at the Objectivist conference in Boston. We discuss Enlightenment values and ideals and the ideas discovered by Ayn Rand in her philosophy of Objectivism. These two things, working together, will provide American's, and whoever adopts them, the groundwork for a Second Renaissance. Come along for the ride! Happy Independence Day, America! Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)  The Secular Foxhole Town Hall . Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace! Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: OCON in Boston, July 1 - 5 Boston Tea Party Ship Objectivist conference in 1998, by Second Renaissance Conferences John Locke Adam Smith Jean-Jacques Rousseau Kant’s Theoretical Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Reason Thomas Paine Benjamin Franklin Voltaire Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Isaac…

People in this episode

Hosts: Blair Schofield, Martin Lindeskog

Topics covered

• Enlightenment values
• Objectivism
• Second Renaissance
• American philosophy
• Independence Day
• Objectivist conference

Keywords

• Enlightenment
• Objectivism
• Ayn Rand
• Second Renaissance
• Boston
• philosophy
• Independence Day

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ayn Rand's Philosophic Achievement: and other Essays by Harry Binswanger

Places: Boston

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