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To: Bridge Player who wrote (333788)11/12/2009 7:17:30 PM
From: miraje  Read Replies (1) of 794358
 
I ask that you thoughtfully comment on the four critical elements of Objectivism, as defined by Ayn Rand herself

Pardon me for stepping in on this, but the only fault I can find with those four elements is with:

2. Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival.

Intuition, hunch, instinct and emotion, as long as they don't contradict reason, are also important factors in human health and survival. Rands antipathy towards emotion is unfortunate, although understandable. She couldn't have accomplished what she did if she was anything other than what she was..

BTW, I've been toying with the idea of starting a Rand board here on SI. Anyone think it's a good idea, since her works and philosophy have once again become prominent?
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