Bag's Rants

Ayn Rand.

I was browsing the web and came across a couple of bits of interesting philosphy from a writer who I had not heard of before. Her name was Ayn Rand. She died in 1982. More details on her is available here. I'll put a couple of quotes in where I think they are appropriate. Here is one to get started.

[On three of the rules governing the mechanics of compromise]
1. In any conflict between two men (or two groups) who hold the same basic principles, it is the more consistent one who wins.
2. In any collaborationbetween two men (or two groups) who hold different basic principles, it is the more evil or irrational one who wins.
3. When opposite basic principles are clearly and openly defined, it works to the advantage of the rational side; when they are not clearly defined, but are hidden or evaded, it works to the advantage of the irrational side.
-- Ayn Rand, "The Anatomy of Compromise," Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

posted by Bag @ 10:35 pm