Rand and Lenin
Posted by j_IR1776wg 7 years, 7 months ago to Ask the Gulch
In view of this Vladimir Lenin quote,
'...All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all. I am just like everybody else...'
http://thepeoplescube.com/lenin/lenin...
Do you think Ayn Rand's glorification of the hero in Man was purely a protest against Lenin?
Or was his quote the trigger that forced her into philosophy to prove and demonstrate that his views were incompatible with Man's proper existence on earth?
'...All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all. I am just like everybody else...'
http://thepeoplescube.com/lenin/lenin...
Do you think Ayn Rand's glorification of the hero in Man was purely a protest against Lenin?
Or was his quote the trigger that forced her into philosophy to prove and demonstrate that his views were incompatible with Man's proper existence on earth?
