Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of c…

Ayn Rand
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Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he has to hold his life as a value-by choice; he has to learn to sustain it-by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues by choice. A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality. ✨ Ayn Rand (1984). Philosophy: Who Needs It, p.75, Penguin
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