Атлант расправил плечи
The Man who belonged on Earth
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"Thelatestscientificdiscoveries—suchasthetremendousachievementsofDr.RobertStadler—havedemonstratedconclusivelythatourreasonisincapableofdealingwiththenatureoftheuniverse.Thesediscoverieshaveledscientiststocontradictionswhichareimpossible,accordingtothehumanmind,butwhichexistinrealitynonetheless.
Ifyouhavenotyetheardit,mydearold-fashionedfriends,ithasnowbeenprovedthattherationalistheinsane."
"Donotexpectconsistency.Everythingisacontradictionofeverythingelse.Nothingexistsbutcontradictions."
"Donotlookfor‘commonsense.’Todemand‘sense’isthehallmarkofnonsense.Naturedoesnotmakesense.Nothingmakessense.Theonlycrusadersfor‘sense’arethestudioustypeofadolescentoldmaidwhocan’tfindaboyfriend,andtheold-fashionedshopkeeperwhothinksthattheuniverseisassimpleashisneatlittleinventoryandbelovedcashregister."
"LetusbreakthechainsoftheprejudicecalledLogic.Arewegoingtobestoppedbyasyllogism?"
"Soyouthinkyou’resureofyouropinions?Youcannotbesureofanything.
