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OK - FINALLY finished it. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, it has been on my to-read list for a decade.
Who else has read it? Thoughts?
I thought it was pretty powerful. It is pretty much in line w/my political/economic stance, but I'm sure it would be way open to criticism from others.
PS - I checked it out from the library in January and just returned it. I think I owe them a mortgage payment in overdue charges. Good book - but man was it long!
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Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
that here obedient to their laws we lie.
The Greek disdain for archery was best expressed at Thermopylae (480BC) by Dieneces the Spartan - when he was told that the Persian arrows flew so thick that they blocked out the sun, he replied, "So much the better, then we will fight in the shade."
Ayn Rand fascinates me and I agree on much of her philosophy, but on very different grounds. It seems to me that Rand's libertarianism, if taken to its logical conclusion, assumes man is inherently good. Sorry, no go on that one for me. Man is inherently evil in my view, but capable of pacification to a degree. I disagree with her for the same reasons I disagree with Marx on the other end of the spectrum. Ironic, isn't it?
Ayn Rand fascinates me and I agree on much of her philosophy, but on very different grounds. It seems to me that Rand's libertarianism, if taken to its logical conclusion, assumes man is inherently good. Sorry, no go on that one for me. Man is inherently evil in my view, but capable of pacification to a degree. I disagree with her for the same reasons I disagree with Marx on the other end of the spectrum. Ironic, isn't it?
Ayn Rand fascinates me and I agree on much of her philosophy, but on very different grounds. It seems to me that Rand's libertarianism, if taken to its logical conclusion, assumes man is inherently good. Sorry, no go on that one for me. Man is inherently evil in my view, but capable of pacification to a degree. I disagree with her for the same reasons I disagree with Marx on the other end of the spectrum. Ironic, isn't it?
Man is inherently evil? I don't agree. Pressures outside of man (hunger, crowding, dominance etc) may force humanity to be evil, but given a world of contentment the goodness of humanity would be the guide.
Man is inherently good, until acted upon by outside forces which stimulate survival instincts which can lead to evil acts.
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I really liked the Fountainhead, but I have yet to read Atlas Shrugged. Perhaps I should add that to my to-do list...
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Man is inherently evil? I don't agree. Pressures outside of man (hunger, crowding, dominance etc) may force humanity to be evil, but given a world of contentment the goodness of humanity would be the guide.
Man is inherently good, until acted upon by outside forces which stimulate survival instincts which can lead to evil acts.
Yep. Pretty much agree. I read something once that when the word "shall not" in the Ten Commandments might have been better translated as "should not" or "can not" because the way we are wired, we, ultimately, will not be happy if we do the things set out in the commandments.
Man is inherently evil? I don't agree. Pressures outside of man (hunger, crowding, dominance etc) may force humanity to be evil, but given a world of contentment the goodness of humanity would be the guide.
Man is inherently good, until acted upon by outside forces which stimulate survival instincts which can lead to evil acts.
Thus, the great Ayn Rand debate began again ...
I'm guessing you and Ayn have a LOT to agree on. For some interesting reading, do a search for this: "ayn rand" romanticism. Should pull up some good background.
The rest of the debate belongs in another thread so I won't drag it off topic. I'll just say there's no such as a "world of contentment" on this planet, because ultimately man craves nothing that can satisfy him for life. If you wish to discuss, PM me or start another topic.
loved the book and the thought provocation. have fountainhead sitting on my nightstand staring at me. though it's been buried by about 20 other books that i've accumulated since i've purchased fountainhead (seems to get pushed further down the reading list each time i buy another book).
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Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
that here obedient to their laws we lie.
The Greek disdain for archery was best expressed at Thermopylae (480BC) by Dieneces the Spartan - when he was told that the Persian arrows flew so thick that they blocked out the sun, he replied, "So much the better, then we will fight in the shade."
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