Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Happy birthday, Ayn Rand
Today is Ayn Rand's 100th birthday. Accidental Verbosity has an essay on AR, as does Ian Harmet. They're both good reads. A quite comprehensive piece is in the NY Sun, too. There are many possible reactions to her writing and to her as a person, but whatever one thinks of her or her work, she was an undeniable force to be reckoned with. So, check out her biography, watch The Fountainhead (one of the best bad movies or worst good movies ever made) and/or read Atlas Shrugged or The Virtue of Selfishness. Say something self-centered today and realize it's "self" centered, not stupid. And here's one of Ayn Rand's statement to mull over: "God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive."
Labels: anniversaries, people
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