‘The Divine in Us’:Aristotle and Rand on the Motion

Martin Hooss

Master's thesis

Anotácia:

The thesis provides a comparative analysis of Aristotle’s and Ayn Rand’s metaphysical ideas in order to analyze the ways in which Rand secularizes the Aristotelian approach to motion and time. The first part of the thesis highlights the grave impact Aristotle’s notion of the ‘unmoved mover’ had on Ayn Rand and the philosophy of Objectivism. The second half of the thesis reveals the implications Rand’s novel approach to the Aristotelian concept has for our understanding of time.

Abstract:

The thesis provides a comparative analysis of Aristotle’s and Ayn Rand’s metaphysical ideas in order to analyze the ways in which Rand secularizes the Aristotelian approach to motion and time. The first part of the thesis highlights the grave impact Aristotle’s notion of the ‘unmoved mover’ had on Ayn Rand and the philosophy of Objectivism. The second half of the thesis reveals the implications Rand’s novel approach to the Aristotelian concept has for our understanding of time.

Keywords

Ayn Rand, philosophy, Aristotle, objectivism

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 14. 9. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 23. 9. 2021
• Vedúci: Dr. Gregory Salmieri
• Oponent: Prof. Karel Müller, Ph.D.

CEVRO Institute

Master programme / odbor:
Philosophy, Politics, Economics / Philosophy, Politics, Economics