Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
How come it took me 51 years to discover this great book?
Because it takes 50 years to trudge through Ayn's redundant sermons!
"She was unrelentingly analytical, ready to dissect any idea to its fundamentals, and had no interest in small talk. Yet despite this apparent ferocity, I noticed an openness in the way she approached conversation. She seemed ready to consider any idea from any person, and engage it strictly on the merits."Reading this book has given me tremendous respect for Alan Greenspan.
The Age of Turbulence, pp. 40-41. "She was a wholly original thinkier, sharply analytical, strong-willed, highly principled, and very insistent on rationality as the highest value. In that regard, our values were congruent--"
Ibid., p. 51. "It did not go without notice that Ayn Rand stood beside me as I took the oath of office in the presence of President Ford in the Oval Office. Ayn Rand and I remained close until she died in 1982, and I'm grateful for the influence she had on my life."
Ibid., p. 52.
(And his description of Ayn Rand could be a description of my wife--who is also extremely intelligent.)
What a shame that such a description cannot honestly be applied to American academic leaders, university professors, and journalists. The American Left, in its misguided commitment to "higher values", which are not higher values at all, has denounced such values as these, much to its discredit.
“How come it took me 51 years to discover this great book?”
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