Kurt Keefner
“Self-Esteem” and Narcissism
Is the Objectivist concept of self-esteem partly to blame for the current wave of narcissism?
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Kurt Keefner
- Dec 1, 2023
- 19 min
I am Present in the World
"Presence" is the intense experience of self and world--the poetry of existence, divinity in a godless but living universe.
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Kurt Keefner
- Nov 23, 2023
- 7 min
It's Just Common Sense
Common sense is a surpisingly slippery concept. Here is my attempt to pin it down.
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Kurt Keefner
- Nov 15, 2023
- 2 min
Talk => Talk => Talk
We usually know what we're going to say before we say it. It's not so obvious how that works..
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Kurt Keefner
- Nov 11, 2023
- 47 min
One Person, Indivisible
A person is not a soul/mind/brain + a body but a vital unitary being. This is the theory of personal holism.
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 28, 2023
- 14 min
The Perfection of Desire
How values begin with the felt needs of childhood and can be realized through the growth and application of philosophy.
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Kurt Keefner
- Nov 20, 2021
- 5 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...
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Kurt Keefner
- Aug 9, 2021
- 7 min
Descending Mount Olympus
Following Ayn Rand too closely stranded me on a mountain peak. Here's how I came down.
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Kurt Keefner
- Jun 30, 2021
- 16 min
The Perfecting of Howard Roark
Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
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Kurt Keefner
- May 20, 2021
- 7 min
The Fate of Atlas
I really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...
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Kurt Keefner
- Feb 18, 2021
- 11 min
Self-Realization and Ecology
How to become who you are naturally rather than by force.
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
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Kurt Keefner
- Sep 11, 2020
- 11 min
Man and Nature in The Fountainhead
Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
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Kurt Keefner
- May 15, 2020
- 9 min
The Bust of Caesar
Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 19, 2020
- 5 min
Selfishness —Not Just a Virtue but an Art
A guide to saying Yes and saying No. Dr Seabury got there 20 years before Miss Rand.
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