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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:36:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
As to where to start, again, I chicken out from a full derivation and
point to Rand,....


Ayn Rand's philosophy is not a derivation, or long list of concepts implying one
another out of thin air with "Logic" hopefully proved true at some point in the
chain.

If you have to refer to Godel for supplemental reading, you don't get Rand's
idea of logic. See my other post.



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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
I'll defer to Erik who is much more knowledgable. As I've said before, being convinced by an argument and being able to reproduce the argument accurately enough to convince others are two different things. Rand convinced me. I may not have all the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
Good point (...) But is it a dichotomy or a trichotomy. (rational/irrational vs. rational/not rational/irrational)... I'd say the latter. As I was alluding to in a different portion of the thread, I can have and enjoy emotions without letting them (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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