... and academics. Objectivism is routinely dismissed by academic scholars, however, for a few reasons. Rand's prose reflects the dramatic sensibilities of her fictional writing. It is direct, firm, essentialistic, and full with emotion. It is therefore usually lacking in scholarly rigour (Fallows p. 4). Rand eschewed the device and dry style of scholarly writing, and was never published by an academic press. As well, Objectivism, as a ... philosophical system, is technically incomplete in many areas. "My happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to an end....

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