[Ask the Gulch] I'm glad I found the right slot. I saw that there was a heading entitled "The Ayn Rand Society". I read many years ago (about 1971) in the Objectivist magazine (or newsletter) any such use of Ayn Rand's name was improper.Changed because she died?
Posted by LibertyBelle 1 year, 9 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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- 1Posted by mccannon01 1 year, 9 months agoInteresting question, LibertyBelle. Let us know if you find an answer.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by LibertyBelle 1 year, 9 months agoI'm not sure why that was so. There was also at that time, I believe, a distinction made between an "Objectivist" and a "student" or "supporter" of Objectivism; I think that (at least at that time), if one was in fundamental agreement with Objectivism, he should call himself, not an "Objectivist", but a "student" or "supporter" of Objectivism; that "Objectivist" applied only to one who was certified (like Leonard Peikoff, or Harry Binswanger.) but after Ayn Rand died, Harry Binswanger said he had dropped this distinction. As I recall, Ayn Rand said in a speech she made shortly before she died, "If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with, and indulge in any flights of fancy you wish, on your own."| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by mccannon01 1 year, 9 months agoRand's definition of Objectivism is what she says it is. Since she invented it, I'll give her that. However, dismissing someone who disagrees with her on some point as a person indulging in some "flight of fancy" is pure arrogance. She wasn't always correct in her thinking.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 3Posted by LibertyBelle 1 year, 9 months agoI don't say she was perfect, (although I would have liked to believe she was.) Still, she was great, and her philosophy is what could save the world.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by mccannon01 1 year, 9 months agoYou won't find much argument from me here on that most of the time, LibertyBelle, but once in a while...| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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