In article <1215.575T2001T1005355 at mindspring.com>, "Timothy Rue"
<timrue at mindspring.com> 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.
>> >As influential as 'In Praise of the New Knighthood'? As influential as the
> >'Confessions' of Augustine of Hippo? As the Bible? The Koran? Newton's
> >'Principia'?, Harvey's 'On the Ciculation of the Blood'? Galileo's "The
> >Revolution of the Celestial Orbs"? 'The Origin of Species'? Marx's
> >"Capital"? Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"? These have profoundly
> >influenced people even beyond the confines of the languages they were
> >originally written in.
>> >If 'Atlas Shrugged' has had so much influence, why isn't it more famous?
> >Really, here in Australia it is *very* obscure.
>> Dr. Frank Wallace. For him, Time mag. is not good enough! Nor is Nobel
> Prize status.
>>http://www.neo-tech.com/finalevo/>http://www.neo-tech.com/finalevo/evo-041.html>http://www.neo-tech.com/finalevo/evo-049.html
Oh my god, this is just pathetic. Who are we going to nominate next? L Ron
Hubbard?
Maynard
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