[freedumb2003]

>>Robert Heinlein <<

Very interesting answer. I was saddened by his increased impatience as he got older. His characters got more Perfect and more intolerant of anyone who couldn't tell a zygote from a gamete.

Even Laz Long probably couldn't measure up to what RAH expected from humanity.

But his obesrvations - "Notebook" , both pithy and precise, were certainly food for thought.

[tortoise]

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.