Rather than debate ad nauseum issues which seem to boil down to faith and reason and which will never be resolved, I invite people to take a break from their epistemological struggles and get in volved in matters of pure taste. As such I would like to open a book club here on RHP. If anyone would like to take part say so and I shall suggest a book title, then a week later (or longer depending on opinion) we shall reconvene to discuss the book and offer critique on it. Others who have read the book are also free to join in of course.
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI'm not buying or stealing or helping circulate any library copies of anything by Ayn Rand.
OK, I have a second idea.
Read The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx, and Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
Identify all, if any, existing conflicts between the ideas presented in each. Also,
say which author is right, and why.
Who is John Galt?
There is a spectre haunting Europe...
Let's read Faulkner--Absalom, Absalom would be a good start, as most of the characters seem to have accounts at RHP.
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Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI'm finished.
OK, I have a second idea.
Read The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx, and Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
Identify all, if any, existing conflicts between the ideas presented in each. Also,
say which author is right, and why.
My answer is: There are no conflicts and Marx was right because he wasn't female.
Did I pass?
EDIT - After reviewing my answer, I would like to change it. If there are no conflicts between the ideas presented then one cannot be more correct than the other. Did I pass now, Doc?