The Worse The Coming Future, The More

Each Man Must Reach His Own Verdict, By Weighing All The Relevant Evidence.

The Unphilosophical Majority Among Men Are The Ones Most Helplessly Dependent On Their Era's Dominant Ideas. In Times Of Crises These Men Need The Guidance Of Some Kind Of Theory; But, Being Unfamiliar With The Field Of Ideas, They Do Not Know That Alternatives To The Popular Theories Are Possible. They Know Only What They Have Always Been Taught.

Ayn Rand Held That Art Is A 're-creation Of Reality According To An Artist's Metaphysical Value-judgements.' By Its Nature, Therefore, A Novel (like A Statue Or A Symphony) Does Not Require Or Tolerate An Explanatory Preface; It Is A Self-contained Universe, Aloof From Commentary, Beckoning The Reader To Enter, Perceive, Respond.

The Worse The Coming Future, The More It Should Motivate Its Opponents.

Objectivism Advocates Reason As Man's Sole Means Of Knowledge, And Therefore, For The Reasons I Have Already Given, It Is Atheist. It Denies Any Supernatural Dimension Presented As A Contradiction Of Nature, Of Existence. This Applies Not Only To God, But Also To Every Variant Of The Supernatural Ever Advocated Or To Be Advocated. In Other Words, We Accept Reality, And That's All.