Article and recent book about Ayn Rand

[Jonathan]

3 hours ago, anthony said:

"Astute" - observes (who else?) the New York Times, of "Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed".

That's much gentler than calling someone whom one hasn't read "the most evil man in mankind's history."

 

[Jonathan]

51 minutes ago, Peter said:

I was attempting to be nicerly vulgar. Sorry Jonathan, it was not an attempt to misquote you.  

Conformist. Second-hander. Peter Keating.

[Peter]

43 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Conformist. Second-hander. Peter Keating.

Now, what is this skirmish about?

[Peter]

From The Cultural Ascendancy of Ayn Rand by Chris Matthew Sciabarra - Dec 31, 2003. In the WB’s One Tree Hill, Rand’s work was practically showcased in an episode entitled, “Are You True?” The main character, Lucas, is given Atlas Shrugged by a fellow classmate. Increasingly frustrated by his troubles on the basketball court, Lucas is told “Don’t let ‘em take it — your talent. It’s all yours.” By the end of the episode, we hear Lucas’s voice-over as he walks to the basketball court: “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark.” Reading from the John Galt speech, he tells us, “Do not let the hero in your soul perish.”

[Jonathan]

16 hours ago, Peter said:

Now, what is this skirmish about?

No skirmish, just parody.