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From: gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norm Gall)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech,news.groups
Subject: Re: Proposed sci.philosophy.objectivism
Keywords: objectivism newsgroup
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Date: 18 Jan 90 13:31:24 GMT
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atrent@guardian.UUCP (Adam Trent) writes:

| Sci.philosophy.objectivism would be for Objectivists to
| discuss Objectivist issues and for any outsiders to visit and learn
| about Objectivism as a movement and a philosophy.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is precisely what makes Objectivism political and
non-philosophical in character.  'Philosophies', and I use that term
because the laypeople do, don't have movements attached to them...
when was the last time you heard from the Kantians on the net.... or
the Platonists demand a group???

All of this goes to the point that Rand was a political pundit writing
fiction and naive tracts to promulgate her views... there's nothing
wrong with this... just spare me the masquerade.


Did you catch Willy Quine's last novel, "Donna's Realism"?

purile....

nrg
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