"Atlas Shrugged dramatizes a profound theme: the role of the mind - TopicsExpress



          

"Atlas Shrugged dramatizes a profound theme: the role of the mind in man’s existence. Rand’s story shows—both by means of the mind’s presence and by means of its absence—that every value on which human life depends is a product of the reasoning mind; and, as a crucial social corollary, that, in order to function, the mind requires political-economic freedom. When the men of the mind are present in a society, operating under conditions of freedom, they create new metals, original methods of extracting oil, revolutionary motors. When the mind is suppressed, however, the fountainhead of man’s creativity and progress is no longer operative, and human society collapses into barbarism and destitution—as under Communism in the 20th century." —Andrew Bernstein
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:19:08 +0000

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