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Since life requires a specific course of action, any other course will destroy it. A being who does not hold his own life as the motive and goal of his actions, is acting on the motive and standard of death.
Since life requires a specific course of action, any other course will destroy it. A being who does not hold his own life as the motive and goal of his actions, is acting on the motive and standard of death.
Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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- Ayn Rand
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- Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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