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Isn't perception, reality?
Your wife, myself until a couple years ago, and the majority beleive that
the saying goes, "money is the root of all evil". The "truth" here is
over-powered by perception. I suspect Ayn Rand realized this 'false
perception' and that is what she so vehemently attacked in this excerpt.
What do you think?
Sincerely,
Howard
>From: Patrick Slevin <pslevin@xxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: pslevin@xxxxxxxx
>To: hehohop@xxxxxxxxxxx
>CC: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [realtraders] Value of money - Ayn Rand {01}
>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:14:33 -0400
>
>Poor Alan Greenspan's heroine failed on that, as she took a false quote.
>
>Not unusual. Many people think Shakespeare's Hamlet said "Alas, poor
>Yorick. I
>knew him well."
>
>Ayn Rand either played off the common error or did not realize the true
>quote
>herself, as the quote from the Bible is......
>
>"The Love of Money is the Root of all Evil."
>
>I'm unhappy to say that before posting this my wife challenged me on the
>exact
>wording as well.
>
>Rand's approach was probably to pass on her view which is excellent.
>Changing
>the Bible to suit her own ends was a tad contrived however.
>
>Still in all it's a nice story, it's just unfortunate that she tries to
>play
>off our ignorance when it's almost certain that she must have known the
>Real Quote.
>
>--PJS
>
>
>
> > Reardon heard Bertram Schudder, outside of the group, say to a
>girl who
> > made some sound of indignation, “Don’t let him disturb you. You know,
>money
> > is the root of all evil… and he is the typical product of money.”
> > Reardon did not think that Francisco could have heard it, but he
>saw
> > Francisco turning to them with a gravely courteous smile.
> > “So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said
>Francisco
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