Re: Ayn Rand and Selfishness as a Virtue
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 1:25 am
Ayn Rand was a bitch. I don't know why anyone would quote that creature.
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I love this.HexHammer wrote:Who the fuck cares what a tard like him/her has to say about it, if you actually read a WHOLE book about this topic, then you have been scammed, and didn't comprehend it!!!! People who write such long books about such simple things are scammers and only fill you with nonsense and babble, like all other cozy chatters they can't comprehend that what they read has absolutely no relevance!!!Gary Childress wrote:Ayn Rand might say about it?
You need others to do very basic thinking for you, which is why you need to read books, I do my own thinking, thus I can think for myself!! ..very simple!!!
Oh, is that why you give only Rand's opinions and answers, when you even bother to.Walker wrote:Moi? I follow nobody, Bub. You confuse knowledge and reasoning with advocacy while busily seeking answers to questions that pertain to a world of your own creation.
This thread is about Ayn Rand, you dummy.Dalek Prime wrote:Oh, is that why you give only Rand's opinions and answers, when you even bother to.Walker wrote:Moi? I follow nobody, Bub. You confuse knowledge and reasoning with advocacy while busily seeking answers to questions that pertain to a world of your own creation.
You know, it's okay to admit that you masturbate while watching 'The Fountainhead', repeatedly squealing 'I am an architect!'. No one here is going to judge you over it. Right folks?
I spoke of Ayn Rand and her first novel, Walker. I'm completely on topic.Walker wrote:This thread is about Ayn Rand, you dummy.Dalek Prime wrote:Oh, is that why you give only Rand's opinions and answers, when you even bother to.Walker wrote:Moi? I follow nobody, Bub. You confuse knowledge and reasoning with advocacy while busily seeking answers to questions that pertain to a world of your own creation.
You know, it's okay to admit that you masturbate while watching 'The Fountainhead', repeatedly squealing 'I am an architect!'. No one here is going to judge you over it. Right folks?
The rest is your world.
Romanticism does not belong in philosophy. If anything, it must be expunged. Philosophy is reasoning. Romanticism veers from reasoning.Walker wrote:I took a look. Wiki didn't mention that Osho was the Debate Champ of India.Gary Childress wrote:I had never heard of Osho until now but some of his ideas and circumstances about his life remind me of Epicureanism in some ways, from reading a little of the Wiki article on him.Walker wrote:Yes. The quote about selfishness and the link that expands the quote sounds familiar. It likely originated from Osho’s Commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
The Alpha and Omega is available online. It's a transcription of some talks. Entertaining and informative, maybe your cup of tea. Lots has been written about Osho, but not a lot about what he said.
Same could be said for Rand. Most criticisms of her are personal attacks. She was a self-reliant romanticist who believed in selfish pursuit of excellence, not greed, since greed leads to alienating cooperation of suppliers, subcontractors, and any other honest person.
Cults and incorrect philosophy. Also people who blindly follow said, without defending it. You quote Rand like its biblical, who h, incidentally, I also don't accept as anything approaching truth.Walker wrote:Plenty of self-reliant folks interact with folks and live on continents, and that one would take such a sophomoric tact of analysis inspires no confidence that philosophy is indeed the intent, but rather suggests that motive force for tip-tapping the keyboard is the prima facie prime directive of some oddball nihilism.
As Henry suggests, since this a Rand thread a more mature tact exemplified by others in the thread is a philosophical focus. In that light, what’s the beef in the nutshell?
For example, from Henry’s link to Rand in a Nutshell:Dalek Prime wrote:Cults and incorrect philosophy. Also people who blindly follow said, without defending it. You quote Rand like its biblical, who h, incidentally, I also don't accept as anything approaching truth.Walker wrote:Plenty of self-reliant folks interact with folks and live on continents, and that one would take such a sophomoric tact of analysis inspires no confidence that philosophy is indeed the intent, but rather suggests that motive force for tip-tapping the keyboard is the prima facie prime directive of some oddball nihilism.
As Henry suggests, since this a Rand thread a more mature tact exemplified by others in the thread is a philosophical focus. In that light, what’s the beef in the nutshell?
Why would, or should, I treat this as anything other than a joke, when you never answer a question (properly)? Don't waste my time, Sonny Jim.
Thanks for the permission buddy. I was starting to feel really stifled and restricted.Walker wrote:For example, from Henry’s link to Rand in a Nutshell:Dalek Prime wrote:Cults and incorrect philosophy. Also people who blindly follow said, without defending it. You quote Rand like its biblical, who h, incidentally, I also don't accept as anything approaching truth.Walker wrote:Plenty of self-reliant folks interact with folks and live on continents, and that one would take such a sophomoric tact of analysis inspires no confidence that philosophy is indeed the intent, but rather suggests that motive force for tip-tapping the keyboard is the prima facie prime directive of some oddball nihilism.
As Henry suggests, since this a Rand thread a more mature tact exemplified by others in the thread is a philosophical focus. In that light, what’s the beef in the nutshell?
Why would, or should, I treat this as anything other than a joke, when you never answer a question (properly)? Don't waste my time, Sonny Jim.
http://atlassociety.org/objectivism/atl ... n-one-foot
1. METAPHYSICS: OBJECTIVE REALITY
or “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed” or “Wishing won’t make it so.”
Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears.
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Comment or punchline? (don't feel restricted)
Why is that?vegetariantaxidermy wrote:I love this.HexHammer wrote:Who the fuck cares what a tard like him/her has to say about it, if you actually read a WHOLE book about this topic, then you have been scammed, and didn't comprehend it!!!! People who write such long books about such simple things are scammers and only fill you with nonsense and babble, like all other cozy chatters they can't comprehend that what they read has absolutely no relevance!!!Gary Childress wrote:Ayn Rand might say about it?
You need others to do very basic thinking for you, which is why you need to read books, I do my own thinking, thus I can think for myself!! ..very simple!!!