Thursday, January 25, 2018

Ayn Rand Interview

Our next piece is a novella called Anthem by Ayn Rand. During block day this week, we watched a few minutes of an interview she did with Mike Wallace in 1959. In this video, she explains some of her ideas. For most of you, her ideas are very different than what you've been taught at home and at school (and at church, if you attend). We watched the first 9 minutes during class, and I encourage you to watch the whole interview. By watching it, you learn more about her ideas, and understanding her ideas may make Anthem easier for you to understand.

Aristotle once said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Rand's ideas may be very different than your own, and I think that's what makes her interesting to read. 

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