Friday, October 30, 2009

a shrug is as good as a wink

Half-length monochrome portrait photo of Ayn Rand, seated, holding a cigarette


The very form of her novels makes the same point: they are as cartoonish and sexed-up as any best seller, yet they are constantly suggesting that the reader who appreciates them is one of the elite.


(Many in the Continental tradition think her celebration of self-interest relies on sophistic logic, and as a result have not thought her work worth any serious consideration.)


Asked for a comment from beyond the grave Rand said "No, I simply Kant."


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