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Review title: Ah, it's all so simple and clear now!
Product review: 'Anyone who doubts the truth and honesty of this philosophy must either be dishonest, irrational or a collectivist. After all, how can someone deny the truth of 1+1=2 and expect to not have conflict in their lives?'There you have it, folks - the heart of 'Objectivism'. Rand said it, it's as straightforward and obviously true as 1+1=2, and if you don't see it you must be a willful evader who deserves to die in, let's say, the collapse of a train tunnel. (See ATLAS SHRUGGED.)This comment is quite representative of the level of 'philosophy' in Leonard Peikoff's presentation of 'Objectivism'. It is also, and more importantly, quite representative of the level of 'philosophy' in Miss Rand's writings themselves.
