Originally posted by: LeeTJ
Ayn Rand does not qualify as a philosopher. she is just a novelist.
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
i'm very familiar with her books. i at one time owned about 7 different books by her.
she is no more a philosopher than L. Ron Hubbard.
Just because someone is able to put together a series of thoughts doesn't make them a philosopher. otherwise any nef on ATOT could call himself a philosopher. a philosopher should represent an evolution of thought. she doesn't. she just regurgitates that which has already been stated.
i agree with most of her ideas, i just don't think they are original to her.
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
i'm very familiar with her books. i at one time owned about 7 different books by her.
she is no more a philosopher than L. Ron Hubbard.
Just because someone is able to put together a series of thoughts doesn't make them a philosopher. otherwise any nef on ATOT could call himself a philosopher. a philosopher should represent an evolution of thought. she doesn't. she just regurgitates that which has already been stated.
i agree with most of her ideas, i just don't think they are original to her.
Ayn Rand is considered to be a philosopher. That you don't consider her one does not make her any less of one. Objectivism IS original to Rand.
BTW, her books are but a small part of her overall work.