I have recently been reading Atlas Shrugged by the great Ayn Rand and came across this wonderful portion of text amongst the 1075 or so pages of the book:
" Don't believe the dreams they pump you full of, and you won't get hurt."
"What dreams?"
"The stories they tell you when you're young- about the human spirit. There isn't any human spirit. Man is just a low-grade animal without intellect, without soul, without virtues or moral values. An animal with only two capacities: to eat and to reproduce."
About Me
- The Maximizer
- New York, New York, United States
- I am a student of life. Although I studied Economics at N.Y.U., the social sciences in general are my passion. Politics, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology, History and Economics make for a complex, venn-like relationship. To understand or question one aspect of the social sciences will lead you down a path in which your answer will be drawn from multiple disciplines. The purpose of my blog is to comment on all things human and share interesting snippets of information which I have come across in my readings and research. Enjoy and please feel free to leave feedback, as that is what keeps me going. Thanks.
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