re: #10 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

She’s an inverse Marxist, basically. I think the point RH was making was that her philosophy, rather than being determined by first principles, is largely formed from reactions to Marxist concepts, and assertion of the negation of them.

Speaking of “first principles” shows a rather shallow understanding of how ideas are formed. All ideas are formed as some kind of reaction to our our surroundings. The history of ideas are a long discussion where different concepts compete, evolve and inspire. No one gets to have “first principles”.

Would you describe Thomas Paine as a inverse monarchist?