The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....

, Leonard Peikoff

Leonard Peikoff

Leonard S. Peikoff is a Canadian-American philosopher. He is an author, a leading advocate of Objectivism and the founder of the Ayn Rand Institute. A former professor of philosophy, he was designated by the novelist Ayn Rand as heir to her estate...

, and Peter Schwartz

Peter Schwartz

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, and edited by Leonard Peikoff. It appeared in 1989.

The essays by Rand originally appeared in a variety of places, including Rand's newspaper column and in The Objectivist Newsletter, The Objectivist, The Ayn Rand Letter, and The Objectivist Forum.

The essays by Peikoff are based on his talks at the Ford Hall Forum

Ford Hall Forum

The Ford Hall Forum is the oldest free public lecture series in the United States. Founded in 1908, it continues to host open lectures and discussions in the Greater Boston area. Some of the more well-known past speakers include Maya Angelou, Isaac Asimov, Noam Chomsky, Alan Dershowitz, W. E. B...

 in Boston, which he carried on after Rand. Schwartz's essay is an expanded version of an article in The Intellectual Activist.

This book is volume five of the "Ayn Rand Library" series edited by Peikoff.