Book Reviews: Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order by Rasmussen and Den Uyl; Objectivism: The Philosopy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Piekoff

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies David Gordon

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In this article, David Gordon reviews Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff, and Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order by Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl.

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Gordon, David. “Book Reviews: Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order by Rasmussen and Den Uyl; Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Piekoff.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 11, No. 1 (1994): 129–142.

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