Why was Philosophy in the Dark Ages for 2400 Years?

[David]

Ayn Rand was self-righteous and had a huge ego. She also had some great ideas. She claimed to "KNOW" the absolute and objective meaning/purpose to life, which to me is lacking in logical rigor. I think you're being way too hard on Kant and Hume and Berkeley. Too much emotion. Like Rand. Philosophers should stick to logic and critical thinking that doesn't shut the door on other possibilities. Hopefully you do realize your mistake about philosophy being in the dark ages for 2400 years. That's just silly.

I would say that persecution by the church during the dark ages suppressed a lot of freethinkers.