The Voice of Reason

Essays in Objectivist Thought

By: Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

In the years between her first public lecture in 1961 and her last in 1981, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as different as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. In The Voice of Reason, these pieces are gathered together in book form for the first time. Written in the last decades of Rand's life, they reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. With them are five essays by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor. The work concludes with Peikoff's epilogue, "My Thirty Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir," which answers the question "What was Ayn Rand really like?" Important reading for all thinking individuals, this collection communicates not only Rand's singular worldview, but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise.©1989 the Estate of Ayn Rand and Leonard Peikoff (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Persuasive...well-articulated...prime Rand!" ( Kirkus Reviews)
"Thirty-one entirely provocative essays." ( Charleston Evening Post)

Where has this been all my life?

This woman was really sharp. I had never heard of Leonard Peikoff before so I was pleasantly impressed. While it's a lot to digest, it is prescient. (I will review it again as needed & envision a paper copy w/ tabs and marks in my library)
Funny, I had just finished the Communist Manifesto (again 😣). I struggled with Marx when I was young so went back into it and realized now in my 50s that it really was just a bunch of gobbledygook. My goodnes.

perfect to finish her legacy

great articles and letters to complete any collection of ayn rnads work. two thumbs up

Important, true, and enjoyable

These essays are excellent and interesting. This should be listened to by anyone interested in learning and ideas.

Explains Everything Of Today

Amazing collection of her best work, read in a manner that ensured comprehension. I found myself nodding over and over as her predictions of outcome were manifested in today's news. Please give this book to your children. If I'd had it at 15 years of age my life would have been so much easier. The narrator was perfect. If you have struggled to understand Rand in written form, these Audible offerings will be your remedy as they were mine.

Almost a masterpiece.

Was good till the end when Miss Rand contradicted herself, Liberty, and attacked Murray Rothbard.