The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-ci…

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The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.174, Penguin
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