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Atlas Shrugged
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Journal Entry 1 by onemonkey from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Like the characters in her books, Ayn Rand puts in a lot of effort and is blessed with certain natural talents and feels that the success she achieves is her natural right.
Also like them she is unappealling, unsympathetic and in no position to complain when she's up against the wall come the revolution (as would seem likely)
Altas Shrugged is hefty elaboration of her ruggedly individualistic philosophy.. it is of course a monument to a certain style of arrogance, pig-headedness and misunderstanding of human nature. (But any author who writes of their utopia is guilty of that.) It is redeemed by the fact that it is a mildly diverting story and it is interesting to see this sort of self-justification set out at such inordinate length.
I am reminded that one of her (no doubt) hero's Plato, proscribed the banning of poetry (and fiction) in his republic.
Also like them she is unappealling, unsympathetic and in no position to complain when she's up against the wall come the revolution (as would seem likely)
Altas Shrugged is hefty elaboration of her ruggedly individualistic philosophy.. it is of course a monument to a certain style of arrogance, pig-headedness and misunderstanding of human nature. (But any author who writes of their utopia is guilty of that.) It is redeemed by the fact that it is a mildly diverting story and it is interesting to see this sort of self-justification set out at such inordinate length.
I am reminded that one of her (no doubt) hero's Plato, proscribed the banning of poetry (and fiction) in his republic.
