However, one day after class I was talking to him about Rand, and he pointed out to me that although Rand was right about many things, there was nonetheless a certain "viciousness" to her. I've never forgotten that particular insight. It marked the beginning of the end of my atheism.
There is surely a meaness in Rand, most evident in Atlas Shrugged perhaps, that makes one wonder. Her views on altruism are best seen as a caricature of the Marxist critique of the Protestant ethic. And, her personal life and the whole imbroglio with the Brandens and her husband reminds one of Rousseau's despicable abandonment of his children to orphanages.
Well, read early, read often, and read critically!