Atlas Shrugged - Page 2

tremendoustie · 11-03-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jth_ttu

Do you know what it is about her ideology that Ron Paul so stronly disagrees with? He suggests the book in "The Revolution" but says he disagrees with her on many points.

The main thing I disagree with her on is charity, or "sacrifice" as she puts it. I think it IS noble to consider the needs of others as well as your own. What I have a problem with is forced charity, not voluntary charity. Often, she sounds like she opposes both.

I think it's a terrific read, however -- I enjoyed it very much.

emazur · 11-03-2009, 09:27 PM

My favorite book - I will never forgot it, so of course I highly recommend you read it.

As for the Paul / Rand differences, although the differences mentioned here are part of Objectivism, there is nothing of the negative stuff in Atlas Shrugged (not that I remember anyway). For instance, in the case of foreign intervention, there were instances of the govt. confiscating American taxes for foreign aid - those ships were destroyed but great care was taken to see that no innocent lives were lost. I don't remember religion being discussed in the book, it was the philosophy of Immanuel Kant that was in Rand's crosshairs. I do think she maybe took jabs at charity in the book - random acts of kindness and Rand do not mix.

If you're not ready to commit, try Rand's much shorter novella "Anthem" - the copyright was not renewed on time so you can download it legally in audio format here:
http://librivox.org/anthem-by-ayn-rand/

It's not complicated so I don't think you'll get tired of Atlas Shrugged, but if you just don't think you're willing to commit the time to reading it, consider one of the abridged audio versions.

RCA · 11-06-2009, 02:22 PM

Read it now!

ScoutsHonor · 11-06-2009, 04:25 PM

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My favorite book - I will never forget it,

Mine too!

RedLightning · 11-06-2009, 06:38 PM

Atlas Shrugged is a book that I'm happy I read. Though for your first Ayn Rand novel you may want to read something shorter...

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11-03-2009, 09:27 PM	#12
emazur Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,000	My favorite book - I will never forgot it, so of course I highly recommend you read it. As for the Paul / Rand differences, although the differences mentioned here are part of Objectivism, there is nothing of the negative stuff in Atlas Shrugged (not that I remember anyway). For instance, in the case of foreign intervention, there were instances of the govt. confiscating American taxes for foreign aid - those ships were destroyed but great care was taken to see that no innocent lives were lost. I don't remember religion being discussed in the book, it was the philosophy of Immanuel Kant that was in Rand's crosshairs. I do think she maybe took jabs at charity in the book - random acts of kindness and Rand do not mix. If you're not ready to commit, try Rand's much shorter novella "Anthem" - the copyright was not renewed on time so you can download it legally in audio format here: http://librivox.org/anthem-by-ayn-rand/ It's not complicated so I don't think you'll get tired of Atlas Shrugged, but if you just don't think you're willing to commit the time to reading it, consider one of the abridged audio versions.