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2955440 No.2955440 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/!

I'm in need of some help in finding a downloadable PDF file of Ayn Rand's 'Anthem'.

Could someone help me out here?
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>> No.2955448

>>2955445
amen.

/thread

>> No.2955445

Friends don't let friends read Ayn Rand.

>> No.2955454

>>2955445
Why? Are friends supposed to subject friends to utilitarian ethics based on some cosmic sense of morality?

>> No.2955464

>>2955454
Apparently so.

>Captcha: intelligent onaesta

>> No.2955467

>>2955454
The important word here is 'subject'.

>> No.2955470

i can send it by email

>> No.2955473

>>2955471
Because it's badly-written faux-philosophical drivel.

>> No.2955471

Why doesn't /lit/ like Ayn Rand?

>> No.2955472

>>2955454

Ayn Rand is not the solution to anything.

>> No.2955474

>>2955471

Because there's no reason to.

>> No.2955477

>>2955473
Really?

Iv'e never really read any Ayn Rand, but I really like the idea of individualism.

>> No.2955484

>>2955477
All her work is basically a long whine against socialism, which of course was a massive success in America.

>> No.2955491

>>2955484
It's still worth a read, though.

It must be more than "a long whine against socialism". Really, there has to be more than that.

>> No.2955494

>>2955491
That's what you'd think, eh?

>> No.2955509

>>2955494
... Well... Could someone recommend me any novels based on individualism? Or just general interesting philosophy for that matter?

>> No.2955531

>>2955509
No one can do this?

>> No.2955537

>>2955531
Have you read Plato?

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>>2955509

>> No.2955550

>>2955537
No, no I haven't.

I'm not really into the world of literature, whenever I begin reading a novel that I suspect anyone on /lit/ would understand like 'The idiot' - Dostoevsky I begin to feel stupid. It seems like it's too intelligent for me. Sorry about the rant.

>> No.2955555

>>2955537
Plato is a douche.

>> No.2955558

>>2955555
Sweet Jesus.

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>>2955555

>> No.2955566

>>2955550
Mmm... don't worry about it. Most people on here aren't that intelligent anyways.

Some of Plato's dialogues are fun to read both because of the philosophy and the historical context..

Charmides (love)
Euthyphro (piety)
Phaedo (soul)
Republic (politics)

Those are the ones I can remember enjoying. There's a lot more though, so pick whatever you want. The shit on metaphysics is really hard to parse though.

Once you read a bit of Plato, you can (more or less) safely jump around to whatever time period/philosopher you would like.


Wikipedia helps.

>> No.2955575

>"Dostoevsky is hard"
> mfw
>mfw no face

>> No.2955578

>>2955566
Thanks mate. Really appreciate it.

>>2955575
Wut? It was a bit confusing, so is the whole novel based in a train or what?

>> No.2955585

8/10
would rage again