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Just before I went to bed 6 hours ago, I decided to search for an audiobook to listen to. I found one that intrigued me the most, Anthem by Ayn Rand. There are biases that I have towards her, first, just because she’s one of my favorite thinkers. Second, is that I am familiar with her works, despite the fact that I can not say that she’s actually a great novelist. However, her idea is what draws me to read her works Ayn Rand advocates objectivism, that sees a man(a person) as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. Ayn Rand’s work often voiced out anti-communism and more to personal/individual liberty. Her works are praised among libertarians and she even gained ardent followers, the objectivists. In recent years, there are also institutes that do research on objectivism and even a non-profit think tank with the same name. If you are interested in the school of objectivism or just want to explore something new, Ayn Rand’s work is a must read. More so, after reading a few chapters of Anthem, I think it’s easier to digest than fountainhead or atlas shrugged. In the following part, I will show you a bit of an exception and my reading/listening reaction to it.
After the first few minutes of listening to the anthem, I was dazzled and amused. Based on that story, anyone that 6ft tall is frowned upon because others aren’t 6ft tall and they are different. Being smart was also frowned upon just as it said, “This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked upon us. ” from Ch.1. Anthem Ayn Rand
In this dystopian society, they also put the “state” above all. As classic as it is for Ayn Rand, you can notice right away that she’s writing this as critics for collectivism and the state. This is much like 1984esque but a bit more emphasizes on personal liberty and individualism.
Then, later I found that this work can be found for free over gutenberg.org. I am leaving you the link Anthem, just in case you are interested in reading this 12 chapters book. When I checked on twitter, apparently this book was recommended for grade 9 reading in the US. From what I gathered, they disliked it. But to my brain, it just shows the difference between reading materials and teachings that they have and what I experienced. The teachers were to even teach such complex matters even in grade 9. Compared to the education we received, we didn’t even get to read English novels. We were still stuck doing quizzes, solving question problems and English grammar. There was a little room for us to read things that helped us to think critically about the world. So, I wasn’t that exposed to many of these works at school but just because I love visiting libraries, I get to read some of these books. I will be sharing more of my complete analysis soon. Stay tuned if you’d like to read it too.
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢. 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. |
I'm not much of a reader. BUT I am currently hitting the game of thrones books and damn they are gooood!
I also fancy the novels from Clive Cussler.. The oregon files and numa files.
On a different note. Don't you zone out when listening to audio books 😅 I can only imagine that I would
Lulz bro long time no see, gonna check Hive motors later, hope to see u there :) big hug.
I read the first part of that series. It was interesting but never really got to finish everything. I don't really zone out when I am reading/listening to books. it's active things for me where I am constantly thinking and learning things. I can zone out easily while watching movies though😄
Ayn rand is mother to a lot of libertarian and post-modern ideas, her Atlas Shrugged book changed my world view as a child, yeah, CHILD. My older brothers were... Weird, and they thought that giving hardcore philosophy to a child was a good idea, of course I'm a functional autism, so my capabilities on abstract thinking are slightly different from most, and at the tender age of 10 I had already the capability to handle Nietzsche but damm, Ayn Rand is hardcore stuff. I think that children can take wharever you teach them as long as you properly prepare them to digest it
Children is the prime age and stage to lay some foundations. Ayn Rand is a bit hardcore for them the but actually a good read to face life realities later on. As a child, we are often hearing fairy tales and that life feels easy hence not preparing us for troubles/challenges. Exposing children to such book with at least help them think and act when they face with some life challenges. Good on you having that exposure of books early in life!
It was hard to learn and evolve with it, it was a hardcore influence at some points, big hug, see you around xD gonna write today's post :)
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Ayn Rand sounds like an author everyone should get into. I've always wondered what a dystopian future would look like, as we only get to see the opposite only. The part of my brain that has been intrigued by philosophy recently can't help but delve into objectivism 😊
I don't think she's really everyone's cup of tea since some of what she advocates are more American centric and full individualism and capitalistic, which I think the rest of the world kinda despise right now😄
Yay! 🤗
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This book here is one of the reasons why I stick to friction. I can't read this to the end. I think it's my upbringing or something, I won't understand her works.
I'd see if I can get it in audio, I might just listen a bit.
Fiction is much more pleasant to read but they actually has many lesson too. I like to read a bit of everything. More importantly philosophical books like that. It's just that some school of thoughts are more complicated than the others.