[thinktwice]

I sometimes wonder whether she (Ayn Rand) read Aristotle at all. Rand has the same problem that all empiricists do:

Revealing ... your total ignorance regarding Ayn Rand.

"If there is a philosophical Atlas who carries the whole of Western civilization on his shoulders, it is Aristotle. He has been opposed, misinterpreted, misrepresented, and -- like an axiom -- used by his enemies in the very act of denying him. Whatever intellectual progress men have achieved rests on his achievements." -- Ayn Rand

And ... implying that Ayn Rand was an empiricist is akin to classifying the Pope as an atheist.

[Aquinasfan]

Revealing ... your total ignorance regarding Ayn Rand.

Well, I have read about ten of her books. I stand by my statement.

"If there is a philosophical Atlas who carries the whole of Western civilization on his shoulders, it is Aristotle. He has been opposed, misinterpreted, misrepresented, and -- like an axiom -- used by his enemies in the very act of denying him. Whatever intellectual progress men have achieved rests on his achievements." -- Ayn Rand

Whoa.

And ... implying that Ayn Rand was an empiricist is akin to classifying the Pope as an atheist.

Well what was she? Would you please address the "Knower/thing known" problem? It is critical to her entire endeavor.