From: Mitchell, Jerry (3337) (Jerry.Mitchell@esavio.com)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 16:26:04 MDT
> > "Mitchell, Jerry (3337)" <Jerry.Mitchell@esavio.com>
> "'extropians@extropy.org'" <extropians@extropy.org> RE:
> Satanism and ObjectivismDate: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:06:31 -0400
> >Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
> >
> >> If anyone's interested in Rand and Objectivism, I recommend
> >> starting NOT
> >> with her novels, BUT with _The Virtue of Selfishness_, a
> collection of
> >> essays by her and Nathaniel Branden on ethics. After that,
> >> read perhaps
> >> _Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology_ and her other
> nonfiction.
> >
> >I would sugggest the small paperback "Philosophy, who needs
> it" first. Thats
> >what peeked my attention into philosophy to begin with. Does
> an outstanding
> >job of not only getting her view across, but why defining
> your philosophical
> >view is so important to begin with.
> >
> >Jerry
> >
> The clearest exposition of the kernel of her views is
> actually found in a small fictional work titled ANTHEM.
I read Anthem and did find it elegantly simple at displaying the essence of
Objectivism, but at the time, I really needed a more explict accounting of
philosophy. I couldnt gather the entire structure of it from Anthem, just
major points. No proofs were included per se. What really amazed me was the
axioms she discovered, and proofs that back them up. Very clear, very
precise. Anthem was a beautiful symphony. "Philosophy, who needs it" was
like attending Juliard for a year :)
Jerry
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