Ayn Rand...

[aislynslaine]

The more I am reading Ayn Rand's philosophy, the more I am enjoying it. It's more in depth than Terry Goodkind's base level which is described more through actions of others than through the verbalized meaning of those actions. While I am still puttering through the literary fiction and haven't had a chance to read other novels or works by her yet

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[zarathrusta]

terry goodkind... i dont have many nice things to say.

but ayn rand is much better, however sometimes her devotion to reason can be problematic.

for instance: love is merely a chemichal reaction in our bodies, when a suitable mate that meets our standards and our equal level is found, but when it happens it feels like more.

should we call love what it is and make it mechanichal? or should we be unreasonable for a moment and say it's something that exists outside ourselves, to indulge irrationality?

[vonsac]

I think that 'Objectivism' (as bastardizing as word-meaning-definitions are) has many practical applications, but it has long since had it's time in the spotlight

[aislynslaine]

I must be all over the place, today, because I can't seem to formulate a single coherent thought on the entire matter of any of what is being said to me by either of you. I've been trying to type this for the longest time, and still haven't been able to form a solid/concrete thought on it.

I think that, ultimately, Isaac proves a good point, and that I tend to agree that when we rely on science alone to explain everything, it tends to take a sort of magic out of living, that when we go forward to understanding something in our world in the ways that science explores, it tends to create a large gap between the physical person and the spiritual person. Life does, in essence become meaningless. I think that while science can explain to us on some level some of the physical aspects of our lives, it does become very limited of use in terms of the intellectual, spiritual and other less 'tangible' aspects of our lives...

I feel like there is more to come...

[zarathrusta]

Well said. i myself tend to be more right brained and have used it a lot to justify self destructive or lazy behavior as you point out later in your comment. i've gotten better.

there are some things that do not need to be explained away, or if they are, it's necessary to re-forget them. after all, without a bit of madness here and there and some passion things become too dull. the best things in life are adventure, food, sex, connecting with others and creation. taking the magic of all of it out and being too logical and analytical ruins it, and i see the tendancy sometimes. it leads to a sort of literal nihilism.

i'd have something more articulate to say but im pretty hungover. hah.