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1378521 No.1378521 [Reply] [Original]

Which book is a better introduction to Ayn Rand's philosophy, The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged?

>> No.1378531

Oh look, this thread again.

>> No.1378533

>>1378531

No sage, I guess you're the one who made the thread.

>> No.1378534

Saging top thread

>> No.1378537

>>1378533
Sorry I fucked up. It's getting late. That's not really my style, though. But I am kind of looking forward to what will become of this thread. Seems like lots of trollin round these parts tonight.

>> No.1378546

You don't have to reply, you could just ignore it completely.

>> No.1378554
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1378554

The one person I know who sucks Ms. Rand's dick is a socially retarded far right winger. So there's that.

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>> No.1378566

http://www.4chan.org/rules#lit
>4. There is to be no discussion of Ayn Rand.

>> No.1378598

>>1378566
holy shit is this new? I never knew there was a list of rules for each board

>> No.1378616

>>1378598
You'll also notice that none of these rules are followed.

/mu/
>1. Discuss music, artists, and instruments here. All images should relate to the topic at hand.
>2. Trolling, instigating, or participating in a flamewar will result in a ban.
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/new/
>2. Constructive criticism/debate only
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>> No.1378618

>>1378521
In a legitimate answer to your query, the Fountainhead, it's a far simpler example of Objectivism working on an individual level.

>> No.1378626

>>1378616
good they shouldn't be enforced. the lack of law is what I love about 4chan. but these rules are new right?

>> No.1378630

Is Ayn Rynd really seen as some kind of hipster author in the US? Here she's seen as a self-righteous idiot for right-wing nobodies to latch onto

>> No.1378631

>>1378626
as old as 4chan, bro

>> No.1378634

>>1378631
honestly i've never seen the list for each board on the rules page

>> No.1378637
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>> No.1378642

>>1378630
She's hated, don't worry. Though... I personally found the characters in The Fountainhead to be brilliantly conceived and executed. I've not read Atlas Shrugged yet, but I will. And to be honest it seems every argument I've heard against her picks and chooses details of her 'philosophy' to misinterpret and expound upon in a wildly inaccurate way in order to make her seem ridiculous. I've taken shit from people who saw I was reading Anthem/The Fountainhead, and what they said was bad about it wasn't even true - some of them had never even read any of her books before. I think it's just popular to hate her, and so many of the people who profess to understand and undermine her ideas really don't have any idea what they're talking about. Of course, I've not read all of her work yet, so my opinions on the matter are in their infancy.

>>1378634
I've only been here about a year and a half, but they've been there the whole time.

>> No.1378650

>>1378642
i always saw the global rules, i don't remember ever seeing a set of rules for each board though. also /lit/ hasn't even existed for a year

>> No.1378651

>>1378642
I think peoples complaints stem from the fact that her 'philosophy' is a very basic sophomoric one, and that she presents it as though it were some ground-breaking revelation of Earth-saving importance.

>> No.1378655

>>1378650
Yeah, I meant on 4chan. I also post on /b/, /vp/ and /x/. I considered specifying that, but I thought it would be obvious since, as you said, this board isn't even that old.

>> No.1378656

http://www.halebopjul.se/visa.php?id=3610#

Vote for 4chan!!!!

>> No.1378964
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1378964

The Fountainhead burns hotter, but Atlas Shrugged burns longer.

Six of one, half a dozen of another.

>> No.1378965

>>1378554
I think I know that guy.

>> No.1379011

I stopped reading atlas struggled after that bitch got divorce, I still can't believe I made it that far.

>> No.1379383

>Ayn Rand
>philosophy

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1379394

>mfw Rand's books are under fiction tag in the library.

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OP is a faggot who has never had an original thought in his life...