Mitch M. (MitchMitchell) reviewed on 8/19/2009 + 3 more book reviews

Ayn Rand is a brilliant writer. Her talent as an artist is outstanding. Though her philosophy is basically just recycled Nietzsche. Egoistic humanism, romantically upholding the greatness of man and reason. Lacking any basis in reason for why man should be so highly esteemed. She seems to be saying that man is great, because he builds tall buildings, and makes beautiful music, and art and culture and all that. And man makes art, and beautiful music, and tall buildings and all that, because man is great. I find it to be circular logic, and faulty philosophy that leaves us lost not really knowing our place in the world. That's how I see it at least.

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