Hi Michael:) What part of Rand's thinking, specifically, was deleterious, in your opinion? Personally, I think that ecstacy is something that approaches in...
... I would love to see some thoughtful, specific answers in this forum to this question. God knows I've been quite willing to be quite critical of the old...
Hi Mike, Rand's basic philosophy does a lot of good. I think the importance of taking care of yourself first, as well as of rationality, outweigh many of the...
Hi Mike:) To me, Rand made the difference between looking at the latest news stories with a bemused numb expression upon my heroic cheeks and instead having a...
Stephanie, Very eloquently stated. - Christopher ... of taking care of yourself first, as well as of rationality, outweigh many of the negatives. ... unspoken...
Within the first article from The Virtue of Selfishness, I found a suprising psychological insight by Rand: (paraphrasing) "What [man] will consider good or...
Hi i remember a few years ago doctors saying that the males born as of the 1970s had about 20% or so less sperm than males from previous generations. How does...
Hi:) After reading the post below, and seeing that it has *nothing* to do with Nathaniel Branden's ideas, I wonder: is this list moderated? best, Mike Rael ...
Yes it is But not pre-screened. Dan ... From: Mike Rael To: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: [nathaniel_branden]...
... But what I was asking about specifically, was about specific harms. Who do you know who has been derailed and ruined by reading Rand? No question, Rand's...
hi what i mentioned is a fact not a joke. im sorry if its too off topic. i didnt think it was paulo ... From: Michael Lee To: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com...
HI Paolo, The problem is that it is offtopic AND that it is sexual in nature. That makes it look like a troll, or a post that is intended to be incendiary. ...
Just to add my 2 cents on this topic, I agree with Michael about the fact that AR's work definitely does more good than harm to those who read it. I found her...
HI Allie, Glad to hear you're not subjecting folks to the same righteous wrath that Rand subjected to her fictional villains!:) I suspect that, unless you were...
I have often pondered the fact that an individual can have an "inner child" that will remain within a person regardless of how that person ages externally....
... an "inner ... believed ... an ... age, ... thus, ... need, ... 20 ... to ... and ... that ... the ... I know when artists create it is through their inner...
people interested in further horizons of the psyche may find this manifestation of the inner child interesting - the home-page of a 4-year old personality in a...
I have found there is a basic need for acceptance from others. It has taken me three years to discover this need in myself. Studying Dr. Branden's and Ayn...
Dear Chris, I too believe there is a basic need from others in regards to being accepted. I don't think Branden or Rand (from my understanding ever wrote or...
Within Objectivism writing and Branden's theorizing, in which there is a focus on autonomy and self-reliance to meet one's needs for happiness and fulfillment,...
Hi Walter:) While I certainly agree with your propositions about the noncontradiction between needing others and being intellectually autonomous, I think we...
Mr. Foddis, Thank You for putting the matter of, self-acceptance and the need of other human beings in its proper perspective, especially in regards to the...
Walter, Your clarification is very good regarding social metaphysical thinking. In addition to your comments: I find that social metaphysical thoughts are not...
Hi Mike: I wasn't aware of that particular history at the APA convention, but there is optimism about Branden's work. Last year Branden contributed two chapter...
Hi Chris: I may be wrong, but sounds like you're saying that social metaphysical thinking can be motivated by social anxiety, which is characterized by an...
Mike That story about what I did at an APA conference is someone's fantasy. Walter's explanation is the right one, in my opinion. Nathaniel Branden </HTML> ...
Hi Christopher, You've touched upon one of my main interests in this post. Branden remarks in Six Pillars of Self-Esteem that everyone has a child-self--that...
that a.p.a. story sounds like a garbled version of n.b.'s 70s lecture titled (from memory) "ladies and gentlemen, there's a world out there," in which he...
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