# Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/ayn-rand-and-altruism-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** July 8, 2015

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George H. Smith begins his series on Ayn Rand’s critique of altruism with a discussion of the ideas of Auguste Comte, the man who coined the word "altruism."

[Originally published in essay form on October 23, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/ayn-rand-altruism-part-1)

_Narrated by James Foster._