I've always found this a curious inconsistency in Rand's philosophy, the
postulating of mystical "universals" that aren't part of reality, but are
abstract ideals somehow attached metaphysically to reality, there to be
discovered by inquiring minds. I think it's a more powerful position to put
ourselves in charge of terminology.
Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
Author, VIRUS OF THE MIND: The New Science of the Meme
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