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I don't know where you got the idea that intelligence is important to Rand. I think she's talking about passion. The sort of passion that drives inventors to
by grandalf 16y ago
I don't know where you got the idea that intelligence is important to Rand. I think she's talking about passion. The sort of passion that drives inventors to stay up nights working on projects, etc.
- dk 16y agoRand certainly regarded intelligence as important but I don't think she regarded it as volitional. Of course one can volitionally act unintelligently, but for instance Eddie Willers in Atlas did not have Dagny's intelligence and efficacy, but he was a moral character and would have to be listed among the novel's heroes. Mike the construction worker in The Fountainhead would be a similar example.