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February 02, 2005
Rand at 100
Much ado going on about today being the 100th birthday of novelist cum philosopher Ayn Rand. I won't rehash the arguments for and against her novels, philosophy and personality. Go here, here, here, and here for a taste of this. I spent my senior year in college completely enthralled with Rand, and then like so many others I mostly got over it. Still, I reread her books every few years which is more than I can say for any other writer. Because of Rand, I refuse to cede the moral highground to leftists who peddle an ideology of self-sacrificial service to others. My best advice to students: If you haven't read any Rand, please do so. Anthem is a great little novel to start with; you can finish this in one short sitting. This inspired the Rush song by the same name. Follow up with the Fountainhead, her best novel, and finish with Atlas Shrugged, her most overtly political work of fiction. Francisco's "money speech" is my all time favorite. ATSRTWT Posted by Robert Lawson at 10:43 AM
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The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it. -Adam Smith
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