The Prophecy of The Fountainhead
Posted by mshupe 1 year ago to Philosophy
One small illustration of the novel’s commanding presence can be found in the last chapter of Part 3. With a scene describing a popular play attended by the novel’s two most introspective and enigmatic personalities, Ms. Rand anticipates Theatre of the Absurd - a decade before it surfaced. Furthermore, six months from today, the essence of that scene from The Fountainhead will do its thing at the Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) annual conference.
In this essay, excerpts from The Fountainhead and the UDC Conference Announcement will be presented together. For transparency, the announcement can be read here in its entirety. In addition, because the conference deals mostly with effects and turns them into causes, a synopsis is included to illustrate the inversions. For a full presentation of true integrity and independence, read the novel.
In this essay, excerpts from The Fountainhead and the UDC Conference Announcement will be presented together. For transparency, the announcement can be read here in its entirety. In addition, because the conference deals mostly with effects and turns them into causes, a synopsis is included to illustrate the inversions. For a full presentation of true integrity and independence, read the novel.
The evil done by the pretentious mediocrities who pose as leaders, aided and abetted by the destroyers of definitions of words at organizations such as the UDC, seems to hold sway centuries through centuries.
How terrible it is to realize that one is living at the end of a glorious attempt to live in a society governed by the rule of law, equal justice for all, private property, severe limits on the power of the people who work for the government, elected or hired, to control the lives of the citizens, and individual rights.
They always seem to follow the same pattern viz. When Reason dies, Emotions rise, and Civilizations crumble.
This one goes hard copy .... posterity