Welcome to Objective Standard Institute
Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing
If you want to live your life to the fullest, OSI is for you. It’s about the basic means to that end: rational, practical philosophy.
Our courses, podcasts, and conferences will sharpen your mind and transform your life.
Level up with OSI. It’s time to thrive.
Intellectual Accelerator Program
Your Path to a Career in Writing and Speaking
Help spread the ideas on which personal happiness, social harmony, and political freedom depend.
Conferences
OSI’s conferences sharpen your mind, fuel your soul, and connect you with others who live to thrive
Blog
Keeping ideas connected to reality so they can serve our lives in reality.
On Solid Ground is the hub for content from OSI fellows and affiliates, along with announcements about OSI’s programs and events. Here, you’ll find links to our team’s articles, videos, and other materials published across various platforms. And you’ll discover opportunities to support and engage with our global community.
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Courses
Romance in Art: What Paintings Can Show Us about Love
with Luc Travers
6 hours total | 4 sessions, beginning November 6, 2024
Learn about love from some of history’s most romance-focused artists.
“Understanding Objectivism” Listening Group
with Martin Hooss
16.5 hours total | 11 sessions, beginning November 7, 2024
Fortify your understanding of Ayn Rand’s “philosophy for living” by grounding its key principles in perceptual reality through focused discussions of Leonard Peikoff’s course “Understanding Objectivism.”