The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a…

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The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.417, Penguin
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