QUOTE(Jon Awbrey @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 7:36pm)
One of the things I don't understand is why all these amateur-lovers have a problem with Rand being called an amateur philosopher, as if there need be any shame in that.
Jon Awbrey
There is no shame in it at all. The article in the OCP makes it clear that until the slow revival of universities in the 18th and 19th centuries most notable philosophers were amateurs, including Descartes, Hume, Spinoza and others.
If the Randiots would stop their mindless 'Randing' for just one second, it would be possible to express this in the article - including the view put forward by a number of academic philosophers that she was a person of considerable native talent and ability who lacked the discipline that would have allowed that genuinely to shine."
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