Originally posted by twilightki : It feels like something you'd listen to at 4 in the morning, or listen to in your car while you're going in a tunnel.
Oct-12-2008 14:30
Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
Ayn Rand is such a phenomenal writer that you begin to lose sight of how crap her political philosophy is.
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Oct-12-2008 14:37
R.j.
Di piú! di piú! di piú!
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: L, TX, USA
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Ayn Rand is such a phenomenal writer that you begin to lose sight of how crap her political philosophy is.
Ah, I'm gonna start reading The Fountainhead after I finish Kafka's The Trial.
Ah, I'm gonna start reading The Fountainhead after I finish Kafka's The Trial.
I preferred The Fountainhead to Atlas Shrugged, but it made me spend two years in admiration of Objectivism without any idea how silly it is.
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Oct-12-2008 15:11
Capitalizt
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: USA
Yeah man Atlas Shrugged is mindblowing...my favorite novel of all time. I couldn't put it down. Even if you don't agree with her philosophy, your outlook on the world will change when you finish it.
Oct-12-2008 15:24
infinity HiGH
groovin
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: west side T.O
quote:
Originally posted by Capitalizt
Yeah man Atlas Shrugged is mindblowing...my favorite novel of all time. I couldn't put it down. Even if you don't agree with her philosophy, your outlook on the world will change when you finish it.
Yep. Beyond her philosophy there are a lot of ideas that are really inspiring.
Hank Rearden was definitely my favourite character.
Oct-12-2008 15:27
Silky Johnson
International Playa Hater
Registered: Nov 2003
Location:
Yep, major crush on this book. Some parts are rather self-indulgent, but for the most part I loved it. Changed my life.
Oct-12-2008 16:15
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Ayn Rand is such a phenomenal writer that you begin to lose sight of how crap her political philosophy is.
Every professional philosopher I've seen only mentions Ayn Rand when they're criticising her ideas for being too amateurish or something. Even Alan Greespan was criticised lately for taking her seriously, and paving the way to this current recession. Still, people love her.
Sometimes I think Ayn Rand is the American Paulo Coelho or something
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Oct-12-2008 16:40
Silky Johnson
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LOL! Nice comparison. I personally can't stand pretentious writers, so I appreciate dudes like Coelho who keep it simple.
Oct-12-2008 16:42
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
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Originally posted by jennypie
LOL! Nice comparison. I personally can't stand pretentious writers, so I appreciate dudes like Coelho who keep it simple.
Hehe, I've never read any of his books, but he's often praised by his readers for his simplicity (never read Rand either). It's funny, however, that the person Paulo Coelho (different from the author Paulo Coelho) think of himself as a superstar, probably because of the insane amount of criticism aimed at him from literature departments all over the country
I reckon I should read at least one of their books one day.
Out of sheer curiosity: How do you guys say his name in English? Kew-AY-li-oh?
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