Атлант расправил плечи
“This is John Galt speaking”
Manperceivesablobofcolor;byintegratingtheevidenceofhissightandhistouch,helearnstoidentityitasasolidobject:helearnstoidentifytheobjectasatable;helearnsthatthetableismadeofwood;helearnsthatthewoodconsistsofcells,thatthecellsconsistofmolecules,thatthemoleculesconsistofatoms.Allthroughthisprocess,theworkofhismindconsistsofanswerstoasinglequestion:Whatisit?Hismeanstoestablishthetruthofhisanswersislogic,andlogicrestsontheaxiomthatexistenceexists.Logicistheartofnon-contradictoryidentification.
Acontradictioncannotexist.Anatomisitself,andsoistheuniverse;neithercancontradictitsownidentity;norcanapartcontradictthewhole.Noconceptmanformsisvalidunlessheintegratesitwithoutcontradictionintothetotalsumofhisknowledge.Toarriveatacontradictionistoconfessanerrorinone’sthinking;tomaintainacontradictionistoabdicateone’smindandtoevictoneselffromtherealmofreality.
"Realityisthatwhichexists;theunrealdoesnotexist;theunrealismerelythatnegationofexistencewhichisthecontentofahumanconsciousnesswhenitattemptstoabandonreason.Truthistherecognitionofreality;reason,man’sonlymeansofknowledge,ishisonlystandardoftruth.
"Themostdepravedsentenceyoucannowutteristoask:Whosereason?Theansweris:Yours.Nomatterhowvastyourknowledgeorhowmodest,itisyourownmindthathastoacquireit.
