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 RoR in Florida at Merritt IslandSaturday, May 20, 2006, 6:00 PM Tonight's meeting seeks to fill the mental needs of participants for useful knowledge. Ayn Rand examined the New Left at the height of its hysteria when she wrote The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution. Peter Schwartz updated the second edition with a new title: Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution. Learn to use this information to unify the spirit, emotions, mind and body of your authentic Self. As usual, we will have dinner at Applebee's following the discussion. When: Saturday, May 20, 2006, 6:00 PM Where: Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 780 E Merritt Island Cswy, Merritt Island, FL 32952, (321) 453-8202 Shared Inquiry Questions for "The Age of Envy" in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution Interpretive Questions 1. Why did Ayn Rand assign this title to this essay? 2. Contrast Ayn Rand's definition of envy with the conventional view of the term. 3. Describe in detail a typical reaction of a person with an envious mindset to a variety of situations. 4. Articulate the stages of development of the mindset of envy from early childhood through old age. 5. Discuss the mindset of those who appease enviers and explain why Ayn Rand calls them "even more evil" than the enviers themselves. 6. How does egalitarianism manifest envy? 7. How does Women's Lib manifest envy? 8. What is the Kinder-Küche-Kirche axis? Evaluative Questions 1. Do you agree with Ayn Rand's definition of envy as hatred of the good for being the good? 2. Do you agree with Ayn Rand's assessment of her targets of criticism such as Mensa and Women's Lib? 3. In what ways did this essay influence your values? | ||||
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