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Posted by Capitalizt on May-14-2009 03:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"The Gulag Archipelago" f*cked me up for life. I don't know if I can handle any more of his books, lol

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on May-14-2009 03:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. I'm enjoying it. It reminds me a lot of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front.

That's high praise. I may have to check it out.

Posted by nefardec on May-14-2009 03:29:

ayn rand

as i like to call it

'fantasy for douchebags'

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-14-2009 03:30:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
ayn rand

as i like to call it

'fantasy for douchebags'

Posted by Domesticated on May-14-2009 03:35:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
ayn rand

as i like to call it

'fantasy for douchebags'

'Fantasy is a necessary element if we are to succeed in our hypotheses. Excessive adherence to reality and examination will be the death of us all.'

- Richard Rorty

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-14-2009 03:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
'Fantasy is a necessary element if we are to succeed in our hypotheses. Excessive adherence to reality and examination will be the death of us all.'

- Richard Rorty

Where did you find that? I ask because I've read lots of Rorty but never saw that...

Posted by Zild on May-14-2009 03:40:

Posted by winston on May-14-2009 03:49:

A visionary Window - Amit Goswami
Quantum Reality - Nick Herbert
The Theory of Groups and Quantum Mechanics - Hermann Weyl
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido - Carl Gustav Jung

Posted by Zild on May-14-2009 03:50:

loved Siddhartha

let me know if you want some good quantum books to look up enrique i'm all about that

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-14-2009 03:52:

Siddhartha is a great book.

Posted by nefardec on May-14-2009 03:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
'Fantasy is a necessary element if we are to succeed in our hypotheses. Excessive adherence to reality and examination will be the death of us all.'

- Richard Rorty

believe me, i am probably one of the most fantastical people i know

but douchebags love to pretend they are howard roark and other ayn rand characters

Posted by winston on May-14-2009 04:54:

this thread sucks, it has alot of ego stroking going on...

oh, nevermind i'm probably losing the plot

x3 heinekens

Posted by winston on May-14-2009 04:58:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec

i've learned alot from this man right here, i don't know how he does it...

zild and lebezniatnikov along with jivebojingles are also very smart users with good taste

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-14-2009 04:59:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec

How are you liking Beyond Good and Evil?

Posted by winston on May-14-2009 05:10:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec

but douchebags love to pretend they are howard roark and other ayn rand characters

I don't know, Adam; Ayn Rand gets misinterpreted alot, I read 'Atlas Shrugged', and that was it; I liked it, I learned alot about her objectivist stance; would probably read again (older), but the recent books you suggested are far more enthralling than any other piece of fiction out there, at least in my opinion...

When you have genuine douchebags like that guy from the news telling his audience how Ayn Rand is this futuristic thriller of how our society will crumble, that's when you start worrying about the mentality behind all those television networks.

I hate how Americans can be so easily manipulated and brainwashed, it makes me sick.

Posted by Domesticated on May-14-2009 05:14:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
believe me, i am probably one of the most fantastical people i know

but douchebags love to pretend they are howard roark and other ayn rand characters

Douchebags like to pretend they are a lot of things they're not. Why should that reflect poorly on Rand's writing and views of the world?

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on May-14-2009 05:19:

ayn rand is a stupid fucking bitch.

Posted by Capitalizt on May-14-2009 05:26:

Rand rox. Pk is a commie bastard.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on May-14-2009 05:39:

quote:
Originally posted by Capitalizt
Rand rox. Pk is a commie bastard.

Capitalizt wouldn't know a cohesive political philosophy if it was stuffed right up his arse.

quote:

Several prominent critics of the movement, including Murray Rothbard (who helped define modern libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism),[118] Jeff Walker,[119] and Michael Shermer (libertarian and founder of the The Skeptics Society),[120] view Objectivism as a cult, arguing that it exhibited typical cult traits, including slavish adherence to unprovable doctrines and extreme adulation of the founder.

if rand was anything of note she would have played an influential role in 20th century academia. she didn't. she's only famous for being a cuckoo.

Posted by nefardec on May-14-2009 05:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
Douchebags like to pretend they are a lot of things they're not. Why should that reflect poorly on Rand's writing and views of the world?

i didnt say it does

i have all her books

Posted by Domesticated on May-14-2009 05:55:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
ayn rand

as i like to call it

'fantasy for douchebags'

I'm sorry, I misunderstood this post. I thought you meant "fantasy novel intended for reading by people who are douchebags", not "a novel that douchebags like to pretend they're living in".

Posted by nefardec on May-14-2009 05:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
"a novel that douchebags like to pretend they're living in".

exactly lol

i have a friend who relates her whole love life to the fountainhead

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-14-2009 06:15:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec

You didn't answer my question. How are you finding Beyond Good and Evil so far?

Posted by nefardec on May-14-2009 06:25:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
You didn't answer my question. How are you finding Beyond Good and Evil so far?

oh i missed that - i havent started it yet actually, it's next in my pile (only about 60 pages left in my current book)

Posted by Zild on May-14-2009 07:43:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
How are you liking Beyond Good and Evil?

amazing it shaped my late high school/early university years

Antichrist was my favorite, but you will hear me if you can hear my thoughts comment on how I'm so far beyond good and evil, so yea....

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