tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post1710029086125291772..comments2023-03-31T06:31:01.370-07:00Comments on The Lioness at the Gate: AltruismEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450808986911204788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-63175894231530283172012-11-29T12:08:37.326-07:002012-11-29T12:08:37.326-07:00Here is a great synopsis of Ayn's basic philos...Here is a great synopsis of Ayn's basic philosophy and ideology. <br /><br />This is certainly information to be aware of not necessarily to embrace. I would hope people could be more than this.<br /><br />http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_introJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492150950697295205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-82345396564207905402012-11-29T11:47:43.104-07:002012-11-29T11:47:43.104-07:00I think service is key to ALL good relationships, ...I think service is key to ALL good relationships, regardless of age and circumstance. Understanding, sacrifice, love, and forgiveness, are the qualities that bring people close. "Fair" does not mean "same". Ayn Rand's type of philosophy breeds nothing but selfish competition and discontent.<br /><br />Interestingly, after completing this novel and declaring herself "the most creative thinker alive" Ayn Rand suffered from severe depression.<br /><br />Her sense of reason rejects all forms of faith and embraces the worship of self at all costs.<br /><br />I am currently, albeit slowly, reading "Atlas Shrugged" and I look forward to reading more of her works, over time. This is not to gain insight so much as it is to understand the modern philosophies that plague us. My sense is that this type of philosophy is dealing out depressed and isolated individuals in a world full of busy, bossy, selfish, bodies. <br /><br />Ayn Rand died lonely and alone and beholding to the institutes, egos, and opinions of others. What a sad and a poignant warning, if we are so inclined to heed it.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492150950697295205noreply@blogger.com