Jeff Iverson schrieb:
>> On 18 Sep 1998 15:12:37 GMT, peter at baileynm.com (Peter da Silva)
> wrote:
>> >Leonardo da Vinci is the most likely MotM, politically and socially.
> >
> >Though a lot could be said for Malthus. *sigh*
> >
> >--
> >In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <peter at baileynm.com>
> > `-_-' "Har du kramat din varg idag?"
> > 'U`
> > "Tell init(8) to lock-n-load, we're goin' zombie slaying!"
>> I agree that da Vinci is a good candidate. My personal choice would be
> Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged" one of the most influential books
> of all time. As a philosopher she developed Objectivism, and
> championed Reason in the 20th century.
What influence did she have? Go on and tell me.
Is her book a Dianetics-like "explain the world to me" pamphlet? (I read it
was.)
Is her prose as good as that of, say, Nietzsche? (Probably not a good example,
but his prose *is* good. Not that I think *he* should be the MotM.)
After all, isn't that book libertarian stuff?
LOL.
mawa
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