No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradi…

Ayn Rand
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No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.123, Penguin
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