Nathaniel Brandon was helped the beginning of his career by Albert A. Ellis, who ended up living with a close friend of mine, although they split a few years before he died. I never asked her why, although we have only communicated a couple of time in recent years.
I remember as an undergrad when Rand came to the University of Michigan -- probably in 1959. My friend saw her; I didn't, but I still recall her impression that Rand was a nasty, disgusting lady. Others confirmed her impression. But then, in my senior year, one of my roommates, an unscholarly physics student, who was still sharp enough to play an important role in building the bevetron on campus, got caught up with Atlas Shrugged. I don't recall him reading anything else by anyone. I thought that he book made him behave strangely, trying his hand a sculpting. He later got his Ph. D. I think he taught at Wisconsin. People like Rand offer a very simplistic worldview, which some people find attractive because it seems to offer an answer for everything -- like a religion. Albert A. Ellis later described objectivism as a religion. I hope that the performance of her disciple, the Maestro, will give that kind of thinking a bad name. Of course, it won't. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
