Ayn Rand Quotes About Identity

• Just as man's physical existence was liberated when he grasped that 'nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed', so his consciousness will be liberated when grasps that nature, to be apprehended, must be obeyed - that the rules of cognition must be derived from the nature of existence and the nature, the identity, of his cognitive faculty.

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Men, Identity

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.106, Penguin

• That which exists possesses identity; he could keep it out of existence by refusing to identify it.

  Ayn Rand

  Identity, Existence

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.478, Hamilton Books

• Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications - in order to hide one's motives, not just from others, but primarily from oneself. The price of rationalizing is the hampering, the distortion, and, ultimately, the destruction of one's cognitive faculty. Rationalization is a process not of perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions.

  Ayn Rand

  Reality, Order, Giving

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.25, Penguin

• This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.

  Ayn Rand

  Miracle, Identity, Use

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.46, Xist Publishing

• Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.

  Ayn Rand

  Identity, Consciousness, Identification

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.172, Penguin

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