Thought is not an end in itself, but a means to action. (Location 4627)
suffer opposition, when the drones around him see that their lethargy is being disturbed. (Location 4659)
intellectual honesty means seeking knowledge because one needs it to act properly. (Location 4852)
Ayn Rand’s view is that the end-in-itself, man’s life, determines the fundamental means of human action (the proper principles); and these in turn delimit the concretes one can validly pursue in a given context. (Location 4934)
The ultimate value sets the virtues, which then guide men in the assessment of any particular object proposed as a goal. (Location 4935)
