Leonard Peikoff
1) Anthem
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Equality 7-2521 lives in the Dark Ages of the future, where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, all traces of individualism have been wiped out. But the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in Equality 7-2521, a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, he dares to stand forth from the herd -- to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love...
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English
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In a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, the decisions of a few industrial leaders shake the roots of capitalism and reawaken man's awareness of himself as a heroic being.