Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand
Has anyone not read her books? She's the author of such books as Atlas Shrugged, a fictional book with the theme that independent and rational thought is the engine that powers the world.
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I agreed way before with a lot of the ideas of what Rand incorporated in her novels and then explained through her non-fiction books about her philosophy. I've searched through a lot of different philosophical views and I came to the point that Ayn Rand's is most applicable.
As a thinker, I believe she was amazing. As a writer, just the same. But, I personally enjoy the descriptions and the dialogues and the inner thoughts. She was amazing at setting up plots and themes.
Right now I'm reading Atlas Shrugged again as I just finished reading the Fountainhead again. Atlas Shrugged is probably my favorite book of all time...Though, the Count of Monte Cristo is right behind...and the Divine Comedy (though it is not a novel).
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Though I disagree with a lot of her philosophy, I view her as a very influential philosopher, talented at making political arguments.
Nonetheless, I think the story Atlas Shrugged does a great job at demonstrating the utilitarianism of free market economics.
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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