Ayn Rand said my personal life is a post script to my works/novels : it consists of the sentence "And I mean it ". I have always lived by the philosophy I present in my books - and it has worked for me , as it works for my characters .The concretes differ , the abstractions are the same. But as stated in " The passion of Ayn Rand " - she suggested an open affair with Nath for just a year or so , as she couldnot see herself as an old woman chasing a younger man It is appalling to know that she could even think of such an arrangement.Later it is said in the book that at times Ayn wanted Frank to assert himself and deny her the affair , why does Mrs Logic need someone else to sanction /deny her the moral premise of an affair ? Hasnt she said that the highest sanction of any man comes from within himself and not without . Also she swore to secrecy everyone who was involved in this immoral arrangement , thou she said one doesnot need to hide one's love ...which is the reflection of ou
2007-09-09
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