They became friends, and had lengthy philosophical conversations. Rand's discussions with Hospers contributed to her decision to write nonfiction. Hospers read Atlas Shrugged (1957), which he considered an aesthetic triumph. Although Hospers became convinced of the validity of Rand's moral and political views, he disagreed with her about issues of epistemology, the subject of their extensive correspondence.
They became friends, and had lengthy philosophical conversations.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
They
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
become
became
VERB
VBD
xcomp
Number=Plur
friend
friends
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
lengthy
lengthy
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
philosophical
philosophical
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
conversation
conversations
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Rand's discussions with Hospers contributed to her decision to write nonfiction.
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Rand
Rand
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nsubj
Number=Plur
discussion
discussions
NOUN
NNS
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Hospers
Hospers
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
contribute
contributed
VERB
VBD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
decision
decision
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
acl
VerbForm=Inf
write
write
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
nonfiction
nonfiction
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Hospers read Atlas Shrugged (1957), which he considered an aesthetic triumph.
nsubj
Number=Plur
hosper
Hospers
NOUN
NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
read
read
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Atlas
Atlas
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Shrugged
Shrugged
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1957
1957
NUM
CD
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
obj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
consider
considered
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
aesthetic
aesthetic
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
triumph
triumph
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Although Hospers became convinced of the validity of Rand's moral and political views, he disagreed with her about issues of epistemology, the subject of their extensive correspondence.
mark
although
Although
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Hospers
Hospers
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
become
became
VERB
VBD
xcomp
Degree=Pos
convinced
convinced
ADJ
JJ
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
validity
validity
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Rand
Rand
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
Degree=Pos
moral
moral
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
political
political
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
view
views
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
disagree
disagreed
VERB
VBD
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP
case
about
about
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
issue
issues
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
epistemology
epistemology
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
subject
subject
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
extensive
extensive
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
correspondence
correspondence
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.