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Ayn Rand Quotes about Philosophy

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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Philosophy, Humor, Rights

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.125, Penguin

Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

Philosophy, Dominant

Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person they sleep with and I will tell you their valuation of themselves.

Philosophy, Sleep, Attractive

It was the greatest sensation of existence: not to trust but to know.

Trust, Philosophy, Greatness

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.180, Penguin

Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of force against individual men, in any form.

Peace, Philosophy, Men

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.47, Penguin

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.

Life, Philosophy, Men

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.351, Penguin

Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.

Philosophy, Ambition, Erosion

Ayn Rand (1990). “The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought”, p.229, Penguin

In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is – i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts – i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape from this need; his only alternative is whether the philosophy guiding him is to be chosen by his mind or by chance.

Philosophy, Mean, Men

"Philosophy, who needs it?". Book by Ayn Rand, 1982.

The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.

Philosophy, Fighting, Civilization

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.

Philosophy, Eye, Cutting

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.21, Penguin

I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.

Philosophy, Impossible, Longing

Since religion is a primitive form of philosophy — an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality — many of its myths are distorted, dramatized allegories based on some element of truth, some actual, if profoundly elusive, aspect of man's existence.

Philosophy, Reality, Views

"The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z".

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Philosophy, Facts, Recognition

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.103, Penguin

There has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to the power of some authority.

Philosophy, Religion, Doctrine

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.76, Penguin

I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.

Philosophy, Struggle, Long

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.620, Hamilton Books

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Philosophy, Responsibility, Men

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.410, Penguin

I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

Happiness, Being Happy, Philosophy

Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.46, Xist Publishing

Get the hell out of my way!

Strength, Courage, Philosophy

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2340, Penguin

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently: they are most helplessly in its power. The men who are not interested in philosophy absorb its principles from the cultural atmosphere around them-from schools, colleges, books, magazines, newspapers, movies, television, etc. Who sets the tone of a culture? A small handful of men: the philosophers. Others follow their lead, either by conviction or by default.

Philosophy, Book, School

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.367, Penguin

I consider promiscuity immoral. Not because sex is evil, but because sex is too good and too important.

Wisdom, Sex, Philosophy

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.460, Penguin

Science was born as a result and consequence of philosophy; it cannot survive without a philosophical base. If philosophy perishes, science will be next to go.

Philosophy, Philosophical, Science

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand”

It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted uncritically: it must be judged, then accepted or rejected and changed when necessary.

Philosophy, Acceptance, Men

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.302, Penguin

An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.

Philosophy, Men, Political

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.133, Penguin

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Philosophy, Future, Fighting

"The Romantic Manifesto". Book by Ayn Rand, 1969.

All work is an act of philosophy.

Philosophy, Work

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1853, Penguin

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