One can study what exists and how consciousness functions; but one cannot analyze (or prove ) existence as such, or consciousness as such. These are irreducible primaries. (An attempt to prove them is self-contradict ory: it is an attempt to prove existence by means of nonexistence, and consciousness by means of unconsciousness.)


The Objectivist (ed. 1966)

Ayn Rand Quotes

One can study what exists and how consciousness functions; but one cannot analyze (or prove ) existence as such, or consciousness as such. These are...

One can study what exists and how consciousness functions; but one cannot analyze (or prove ) existence as such, or consciousness as such. These are...

One can study what exists and how consciousness functions; but one cannot analyze (or prove ) existence as such, or consciousness as such. These are...

One can study what exists and how consciousness functions; but one cannot analyze (or prove ) existence as such, or consciousness as such. These are...