To Cadet Thomas Gee, a fan [Letter 218]

Item Reference Code: 036_01B_022_001

Date(s) of creation

May 24, 1946

Recipient

Thomas Gee

Transcript

May 24, 1946

Cadet Thomas G. Gee
Co. “D-2”
West Point, New York

Dear Mr. Gee:

Thank you for your letter. I am glad that you liked THE FOUNTAINHEAD and that you found it extremely logical.

No, it is not an “over simplification”. Be very careful of that word. It is the one used at present by all collectivists whose purpose is to make you think that all truth must be complicated beyond any human understanding and that, therefore, you should do nothing but take their orders.

I am enclosing a printed letter which I think might interest you.

Sincerely,

 

Ayn Rand