CP3S said:

xhonzi said:

CP3S said:

Not to dis on Atlas Shrugged, it is just kind of a long tedious read, and it really isn't that great.

To offer a counter point- I really liked Atlas Shrugged. C3PX, I would think, is the target audience, so I'm surprised he didn't care for it... It is long and it takes a while to get going... but I think it makes a pretty compelling argument. And so much of what was ridiculed as "preposterous" in the book seems to be coming true around us. Especially the past several years.

That is part of why I didn't care for it. I feel like something intended to explain a philosophy should seek to simplify it, not make it a daunting exercise to get through

Good point. However there are some philosophies that must be examined in application to make most sense (or lack thereof). I'm sure Rand published lots of simplified Objectivists tracts that are now more or less forgotten... but her novels have stuck around because they are more compelling tracts than the tracts themselves were.

Similarly, the Bible manages to outlive any summarizations of its philosophy. And many people would make the same argument that it's too long, and too obtuse to be effective at clearlyc conveying its themes. I would be hard pressed to disagree with those people...