I bought the Ayn Rand masterpiece, The Fountainhead, yesterday. I had hoped to read it at a leisurely pace, over a period of a week or so. (Un)fortunately, I completed it in a day (3 hours last night 7 hours non stop today). And that without skimming too much over the monologues present therein.
As expected, it was a magnificent read, detailing the life and struggle of Howard Roark, Architect. It was motivating to feel the level of personal integrity and love for his work that he maintained, taking on the entire world at every step. A contrast to her other book, Atlas Shrugged, in which the plot revolves around many more characters, but with as powerful a storyline.
Looking forward to reading her other works - Anthem and We, the living in particular.
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I found it to be a lame rip off from a lot of older philosophers peppered with her own terminologies and ideas. One book which I would gladly unread if I could but that’s just me. The first half with some stuff on Roark is okay. Once that woman… what’s her name… comes into the picture, the book takes a sharp left to hell and doesn’t come back.
– Noufal
>> I found it to be a lame rip off from a lot of older philosophers peppered with her own terminologies and ideas.
Could you suggest some philosophers whose works “inspired” Ayn Rand’s works? I would like to go through them.
I haven’t searched too much regarding objectivism and related philosophies, but the top links on google do appear to come from the Ayn Rand Institute.
>> The first half with some stuff on Roark is okay. Once that woman… what’s her name… comes into the picture, the book takes a sharp left to hell and doesn’t come back.
This book is more about Roark, and what was gripping was the sense of honesty and righteousness which he displayed. and lived by. Having read this after “Atlas Shrugged”, I found the latter to be a more involved plot and a better read.