To: freedumb2003
Even Laz Long probably couldn't measure up to what RAH expected from humanity. I think it was less that he expected perfection from humans so much as he expected them to constantly strive for it in all things. I think as he got older he became impatient with the fact that humans are a profoundly lazy species with only a very limited desire for excellence. I feel the same way most days.
No philosopher is perfect, but off the top of my head Heinlein espoused a philosophy that I agree with in all the fundamental aspects and so I named him. From a purely stylistic standpoint, I appreciate the fact that his writing generally didn't wax eloquent about abstract nonsense like most philosophers.
166 posted on
06/26/2003 10:57:22 AM PDT by
tortoise
(Would you like to buy some rubber nipples?)
To: tortoise
>>No philosopher is perfect, but off the top of my head Heinlein espoused a philosophy that I agree with in all the fundamental aspects and so I named him.<<
I have to agree. He was, first and foremost, a rugged individualist and espoused a philosophy of self-determination, responsibilty, and compassion.
We lost him and the Good Doctor (Asimov) within a few years of each other and we were permanently lessened as a result.
To me there was RAH and IA and then eveyone else.
189 posted on
06/26/2003 7:54:02 PM PDT by
freedumb2003
(Peace through Strength)
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