About Andrew Bernstein: Andrew Bernstein is a proponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, an author, and a professor of philosophy.
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker.
A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
Theologians, and religionists in general, start with a fantasy premise and then proceed to apply rigorous formal logic to tease out its implications. Stark himself points out that “theology consists of formal reasoning about God.” This is admirab...
Here is the tragedy of theology in its distilled essence: The employment of high-powered human intellect, of genius, of profoundly rigorous logical deduction—studying nothing. In the Middle Ages, the great minds capable of transforming the world di...
Each one of us has the power — and must develop the will — to be the hero of his own life. We believe in goals, in purposes, in achievement and in the joy of living.
