2011/01/25

Third in a Day

In which I dispense with Ayn Rand once and for all.

So not only does her ethics consist of absolute extremism, and her metaphysics lack a form/matter distinction (also her argument for abortion deliberately neglects the proper interpretation of potency and act); if you finally wanted to put paid to her claims to be an Aristotelian, how about this:
It is obvious that the solutions of plots too should come about as a result of the plot itself, and not from a contrivance
—Aristotle, Poetics
Has, um, anyone ever read an Ayn Rand book?

2 comments:

Will le Fey said...

Someone was mst3king it but she didn't make it past chapter 6.
She's a terrible writer.

Sophia's Favorite said...

When you can't MST it, you know you've got a real piece of sh...surely fine literature.

Watch (or don't, that'd definitely be wiser) Mike and the Bots try and do Angels' Revenge, Hobgoblins, or any of the Japanese monster movies they did at Sci-Fi. There're whole sections where they're just staring in horrified silence.