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Survey! How Many Gulchers Have Gone On to Read Rand Since Coming to This Site?

Posted by khalling 9 years, 11 months ago to Philosophy
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You saw the Atlas Shrugged movies and you found the Gulch. You picked up the book, Atlas Shrugged and learned of a philosophy of life that explained how you've always felt but did not know how to completely articulate. Or-you hadn't read AS in years and were inspired by the movies to pick it up and read it again. Wait! Don't go yet! I want you to also let us know if you have read any of Rand's non-fiction since you landed in the Gulch. But wait! I'd also like to know if you have ventured to other Objectivist scholarly sites after learning about them here (seeing a video or clicking a link which was a cite). Looking forward to your responses.

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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well the goal should never be to worship.

    Wonderful - agreed "The conversations here are a bright spot in the otherwise dismal current state of the world, and there is always something new and worthwhile to learn"
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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He sounds like an intrinsic-ist epistemologically (there are couple of youtubes that Atlas Society has put up on point), which basically means he never questions his assumptions, he is just looking for arguments to support his feelings.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 11 months ago
    Hello khalling,

    Since 1983? I have read many newsletters and every book (fiction and non-fiction) I know of written by Rand as well as a few compilations of essays produced after her death except the Romantic Manifesto, The Night of January 16th, and We the Living*. I also read/studied Piekoff's Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. I have found the non-fiction just as compelling as the fiction, though perhaps not as entertaining. I have DVDs of *We The Living, The Fountainhead, A Sense of Life, and of course all of the AS movies. I have watched as many youtube videos of Rand interviews and other objectivist related ones as I could find. Most of this I have done before coming to this site, or for that matter, the at least two? other previous iterations of this site I contributed to. After joining the first Gulch I did read Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology and The Voice of Reason. During my time on this newest Gulch site, my only new material exposure has been the movies, and newer lectures etc. linked from this site.

    I have always wanted to read The Romantic Manifesto and We the Living, but somehow they keep eluding me. So many books, so little time...

    Regards,
    O.A.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    BTW since you were here Atlas Society has put up some great youtubes on some of the subjects we discussed.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes Fountainhead was the first AR book I read and I loved it. It reminded me of the telling of Galileo and the catholic church
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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well get going - there is more and more objectivist novels and non-fiction coming out all the time. Also check out the excellent youtubes that Atlas Society has put up.
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  • Posted by waytodude 9 years, 11 months ago
    K I'm reading Introduction to Objectionist epistemology the expanded second edition, I've completed objectivism the philosophy of AR, Anthem, Fountain head, Ayn Rand for the new intellectual, and of course Atlas Shrugged.
    Unknown to me at the time in the early 80 s I got into Rush s 2112 which was inspired by the Fountain Head however was not into reading at the time but being raised on a farm hard work and being a productive person was instilled at an early age. After my parents separated I was moved to the city. After many years I got tired in the corporate world and shrugged before I even knew about Ayn Rand and bought a small cattle ranch. Surfing Netflix I found Atlas Shrugged part one at the end credits I seen it was a book and haven't stopped since. I'm now eyeing more books including yours.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Perhaps you should arrange a tour when the Atlas Summit comes to your neighborhood. ;)
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