The Fountainhead

hypergood is connected in a complex way with one being moved by it.” At this level is what I described earlier as the “constitutive good” or a framework with moral sources. The awareness of the hypergood is predicated by these moral sources as the fountainhead of inspiration and motivation. These constitutive goods may or may not transcend the self, but always engenders a personal morality and praxis. As Taylor states – “High standards need strong sources.” Certainly Stan has had many…

Born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum to a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia, Ayn Rand was surrounded by pogroms aimed at the Jewish and anti- semitism increased after the assassination of Tzar Alexander II in 1881. There were two younger sisters in her family: Natalia, known as Natasha, and Elanora, known as Nora. Her mother was Anna Borisovna née Kaplan and they had a mutual dislike of each other as Rand thought she was a social climbing, unprincipled conformist and Borisovna thought her daughter did…

This wealth was put into the royal treasury which became important for financial administration and storage of wealth. Darius followed Lydian tradition and minted coins gold coins “darics” and silver coins “sigloi”, stamped with insignia. He also introduced a new weight, the “karsha”, in the shape of a pyramidion. The standardization of weights and measures and the introduction of coinage was effective in facilitating imperial trade and provided flexibility in the exchange of goods throughout…