A wonderful glimpse into the early thoughts of Ayn Rand

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	• The Early Ayn Rand: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction (The Ayn Rand Library, Volume 2) Ayn Rand Signet, 1986 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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The birth of a modern religion

I believe Ayn Rand's writings are very destructive. And this isn't because of her highly un-original philosophy. No, the reason for this is the powerful grip the books has on her followers. In her books they find justification for behaving in a anti-social manner that is slowly destroying the fabric of the societies of the Western World. This egoism is supposedly derived from "reason". In the real world however there is no reason for people not to find fulfillment and meaning from helping others and caring for their family and friends. The accusation that "altruism", i.e. decency and goodness, leads to tyranny is nothing but products of a very paranoid mind. The craziest thing about this though is the fact that Ayn Rand has been raised to a saint-like status by her followers. No disagreement with her writings is ever accepted and if you disagree you are an evil communist/collectivist. To be a true individualist you must agree with everything she has ever written. Isn't this collectivism in a true sense? No, says her followers, those views are derived by reason and must therefore be share by all intelligent human beings. Pretty scary!! Note that Objectivism, like Marxism, Freudianism and Jungianism, is a closed system of thought in the sense that any critisism of the system is automatically seen as a symptom of unreason. This is what makes Objectivism a religion rather than a philosophy or scientific method. And this is also the reason for the fanatical behavior of her disciples.

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If you love idealism, you love her[Ayn Rand].

I read this book as if it were the last one she had written. I savored the stories, the characters, the sometimes enevitable plots. I grew up with Ayn. First I read Anthem, then The Fountainhead, and then Atlas Shrugged.(These over the course of my teen years.) I believed that what she said was true. Yes, I have matured and realized life is not quite so perfect as I wished it could be as Ayn had expressed it. However, I have found that if I expect the best from life, and except nothing less, then that is what I will recieve. I think that is all Ayn ever intended to say. Yes, she seemed to make it all complicated and profound, but all in all she just wanted what was the best and what was right. Don't we all?? YOU determine what is right and best for you. It doesn't have to match anyone else. I just happen to match Ayn. Have you read We the Living? If you have not please do. I think this is as close to Ayn as you will ever get. Yes, she is an idealist and a capitalist to the nth degree. Ahhhh, but to believe in something so strongly, that is admirable.

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A wonderful glimpse into the early thoughts of Ayn Rand

This collection of literature is absolutely wonderful, so long as you realize that they will not be as polished as Rand's more famous works such as Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead. I still give it five stars because these early works cannot be compared to her later works, as while they still share a similar philosophy, they are not comparable.

That being said, there are stories that will make you cry and smile, and for those of us who enjoy reading literature composed by someone who so valued the human spirit at its best, they are a wealth of insight and enjoyment into Rand's world.

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