|
RationalEgo
Principium Individuationis
Registered: 06/15/09
Posts: 2,117
Loc: Boston
|
|
Excellent, I am glad there are at least a couple of fans of her here. Her books are truly timeless and very telling.
The reason some people hate Rand is because her Philosophy is in stark contrast to ALL the usual philosophy of the past 2000 years (with one exception in Aristotle). They hate her becuase she calls it how it is, and evil most of all thrives in the dark and hates to be called what it is, as it functions on the principle of evasion.
|
HeadTripVertigo
at least I'm housebroken
Registered: 05/07/06
Posts: 10,788
Last seen: 6 years, 7 days
|
Re: THE FOUNTAINHEAD ...by ayn rand [Re: RationalEgo]
#11178860 - 10/04/09 06:21 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
AYN RAND, LOL
-------------------- TACOS LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER
|
zappaisgod
horrid asshole
Registered: 02/11/04
Posts: 81,741
Loc: Fractallife's gym
Last seen: 7 years, 9 months
|
|
Quote:
HeadTripVertigo said: AYN RAND, LOL
She is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. There is no LOL there.
--------------------
|
RationalEgo
Principium Individuationis
Registered: 06/15/09
Posts: 2,117
Loc: Boston
|
Re: THE FOUNTAINHEAD ...by ayn rand [Re: zappaisgod]
#11180571 - 10/04/09 01:48 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
zappaisgod said:
Quote:
HeadTripVertigo said: AYN RAND, LOL
She is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. There is no LOL there.
Agreed!
|
andrewss
precariously aggrandized
Registered: 08/17/07
Posts: 8,725
Loc: ohio
Last seen: 3 months, 11 days
|
Re: THE FOUNTAINHEAD ...by ayn rand [Re: EchoVortex]
#11186182 - 10/05/09 10:59 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
EchoVortex said: Yeah, I agree that that critique of Ayn Rand is pretty weak. There are far more sophisticated critical analyses around. Here are a handful:
Why I Am Not an Objectivist
Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
The Rights (and Wrongs) of Ayn Rand
Objectivism and Thomas Jefferson
Objectivism and the Corruption of Rationality
The Unlikeliest Cult in History
Ayn Rand's style
This is only a sampling of what is out there. There are many good reasons why Ayn Rand is not taken seriously, at all, by professional and academic philosophers, and no, it's not because professional philosophers are all a bunch of pinko commies.
Most of Ayn Rand's millions of readers wouldn't be able to make heads or tails of most of the critiques listed above so I'm not holding out any hope of winning any converts. The postings above were chosen for their rigor and relative objectivity, not for their polemical or satirical force. Suffice it say that Ayn Rand is a third-rate, drugstore-paperback philosopher who has managed to give naturally egomaniacal people a pseudo-philosophical justification for their egomania, hence her popularity. Highly questionable as a philospher, absolutely atrocious as a literary stylist, she is a prominent wart on the face of the twentieth century.
HAHAAHAHA
touche!
-------------------- Jesus loves you.
|
andrewss
precariously aggrandized
Registered: 08/17/07
Posts: 8,725
Loc: ohio
Last seen: 3 months, 11 days
|
Re: THE FOUNTAINHEAD ...by ayn rand [Re: RationalEgo]
#11186193 - 10/05/09 11:02 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
RationalEgo said: Excellent, I am glad there are at least a couple of fans of her here. Her books are truly timeless and very telling.
The reason some people hate Rand is because her Philosophy is in stark contrast to ALL the usual philosophy of the past 2000 years (with one exception in Aristotle). They hate her becuase she calls it how it is, and evil most of all thrives in the dark and hates to be called what it is, as it functions on the principle of evasion.
I can't figure out if this post or the one I just quoted is more funny...
-------------------- Jesus loves you.
|
RationalEgo
Principium Individuationis
Registered: 06/15/09
Posts: 2,117
Loc: Boston
|
Re: THE FOUNTAINHEAD ...by ayn rand [Re: andrewss]
#11188093 - 10/05/09 04:24 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
andrewss said:
Quote:
RationalEgo said: Excellent, I am glad there are at least a couple of fans of her here. Her books are truly timeless and very telling.
The reason some people hate Rand is because her Philosophy is in stark contrast to ALL the usual philosophy of the past 2000 years (with one exception in Aristotle). They hate her becuase she calls it how it is, and evil most of all thrives in the dark and hates to be called what it is, as it functions on the principle of evasion.
I can't figure out if this post or the one I just quoted is more funny...
I think this one is more funny as I wrote it whilst incredibly stoned.
|
andrewss
precariously aggrandized
Registered: 08/17/07
Posts: 8,725
Loc: ohio
Last seen: 3 months, 11 days
|
Re: THE FOUNTAINHEAD ...by ayn rand [Re: RationalEgo]
#11188848 - 10/05/09 05:52 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
That'll do it
-------------------- Jesus loves you.
|
|