Kurt KeefnerNov 20, 20215 min"For the Love of Wisdom"I have decided to write another book, tentatively titled For the Love of Wisdom. It is going to be the sum of all my thinking about...
Kurt KeefnerAug 9, 20217 minDescending Mount OlympusFollowing Ayn Rand too closely stranded me on a mountain peak. Here's how I came down.
Kurt KeefnerJul 1, 202116 minThe Perfecting of Howard RoarkHoward Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
Kurt KeefnerMay 20, 20217 minThe Fate of AtlasI really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...
Kurt KeefnerFeb 18, 202111 minSelf-Realization and EcologyHow to become who you are naturally rather than by force.
Kurt KeefnerOct 16, 20206 minThe Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His DefectsThe paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
Kurt KeefnerSep 11, 202011 minMan and Nature in The FountainheadArchitecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
Kurt KeefnerMay 15, 20209 minThe Bust of CaesarSome characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
Kurt KeefnerMar 19, 20205 minSelfishness —Not Just a Virtue but an ArtA guide to saying Yes and saying No. Dr Seabury got there 20 years before Miss Rand.
Carrie-Ann BiondiMar 2, 20189 minSurrender in The Fountainhead.You would expect Ayn Rand not to like the concept of "surrender," but sometimes she does.
Kurt KeefnerDec 17, 201711 minHeroes and Shipwrecks: Beethoven and Ayn RandIn which the sense of life in Beethoven's Fifth is compared to that of Atlas Shrugged.
Kurt KeefnerMay 8, 201424 minJohn Galt, Alternative ChristMy thesis is that John Galt, hero of Ayn Rand's magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, can be regarded as an "alternative Christ." An alternative...