> > > Chris
> > > I *am* an Objectivist, of sorts, though I don't think the current
> > > "official"
> > > Objectivist leadership would agree with me on that. If you found the
> tapes
> > > relatively senseless, you might try Rand's "Introduction to
> Objectivist
> > > Epistemology." It's a book, so it's easy to go back over parts that
> don't
> > > seem to make sense the first time through. It's available in a
> trade-size
> > > paperback.
> JR
> > The tapes didn't appear to be worth going over again, frankly.
> But there
> > were only a few tapes, and they may not have been representative of her
> > work. (A libertarian friend lent them to me. She was actually a bit
> > disappointed in them as well.)
>
> Chris
> I haven't heard any of her tapes. But I *do* recommend looking at the book
> on epistemology.
>
I'll need to do that some time.
Personally, I'm very impressed with Libertarianism as a powerful and
important corrective to statism in political life. I'm not yet impressed
with it as a standalone, quite right philosophy (which perhaps then is
identified with Objectivism?). Its bark seems stronger than its bite, but
this is a recurring impression, not the result of careful study.
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