(A supplement to the runaway best-seller by Conn Iggulden)
How to Read an Ayn Rand Novel1. Buy Atlas Shrugged.
2. Pore over every word.
3. Accept it all as gospel.
4. Realize the individual's rights are of paramount importance and there is no such thing as "collective rights."
5. Act like a [jerk.]-- from the September issue of Esquire
Thursday, September 06, 2007
The Really Dangerous Book for Boys
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Hey, that's pretty much what I did at 18.
John J. Simmins
True enough; yet Rand's novels serve a very useful purpose nonetheless. They provide devastating critique of the collectivist mindset, big government, and so much cant and sentimentality masquerading as serious reflection. Certainly one wishes the skewering had come from a different quarter, but often you have to take what you get.
Agreed, Father. She introduced a generation of thinkers to Aristotlean thought, and though her conclusions differ from St. Thomas's, they encourage the sort of clear thinking necessary for a proper understanding of God. That said, many people, myself included, have undergone an "Ayn Rand phase" that was rather obnoxious.
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