[r9etb]

"If all philosophers were required to present their philosophy in the context of a novel, there would be far fewer philosophers and far better ones."

Ayn Rand herself being a notable exception to the rule, apparently. It's difficult to take seriously an "objective" philosophy that depends on the ability of an author to construct a suitable universe in which it actually works.....

[thinktwice]

It's difficult to take seriously an "objective" philosophy that depends on the ability of an author to construct a suitable universe in which it actually works.....

Conversely, it is impossible to take seriously any philosophy that depends on mysticism and the construction of a non-existent universe in which it supposedly works.