All Posts Tagged With: "euphemisms"
Ayn Rand: A Centennial Appreciation
This essay is derived from a more comprehensive paper written for the forthcoming anthology, edited by Edward Younkins, Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Philosophical and Literary Masterpiece. Born in Russia on February 2, 1905, the late novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand would eventually emigrate to the United States and make an indelible mark on intellectual history. [...]
1Feb2005 | Chris Matthew Sciabarra | 0 comments | ContinuedFlight from Responsibility
Whenever I catch myself admiring a thinker, I find that he shares a trait with other thinkers I admire: an insistence on clear and honest language, a determination not to take metaphors literally. Apropos of this, September marks the 106th anniversary of the birth of FEE’s founding president, Leonard E. Read, a good time for [...]
1Sep2004 | Sheldon Richman | 2 comments | Continued-
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