In article <360C362F.8B65A182 at polarnet.ca>, Keith Morrison
<keithm at polarnet.ca> wrote:
>Paul Gowder wrote:
>>> >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.
>>>> That's not reason. And she was not a philosopher
>>Not to mention that beyond the US mention of her name outside
>some academic circles will result in a response of "Who?"
Since I have been infesting Usenet I have heard Rand mentioned a great
deal, although I had scarcely heard of her before (and I am not
ill-educated, for an Australian). I am beginning to feel that I should get
a bookshop to order me a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged' from the US, and find
out what all the fuss is about.
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Brett Evill
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