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Your most useful tool is Philosophy – even if you have never heard of the word.
To the masses philosophy is boring and irrelevant, but is this just another myth to deflect us from the truth? Can a real jewel be so smeared that it passes unnoticed?
Many people are enslaved to its power without even knowing the meaning of the word. Few appreciate what a useful science it is. A science that enables us to live a life on earth.
You need Philosophy if you want to leave the Matrix, to take control of your life and to thrive. You need it if you want to zoom out and see the big picture. And you need it if you want to understand how men are influenced and controlled.
You couldn’t function as a human being without a philosophy. It determines your view of the world, it effects your thinking, and therefore your choices, and therefore your life.
In Episode 97 of “Living outside the Matrix” Nigel discusses philosophy and the ideas of Ayn Rand with Razi Ginzberg founder of the Ayn Rand Centre in London which can be found here aynrandcentre.co.uk.
Making philosophy relevant
You may want to check out some of my my previous podcast interviews with the links below. I have interviewed Yaron Brooke of the Ayn Rand Institute, David Kelley of the Atlas Society, and Don Watkins of the centre for industrial progress.
Yaron Brooke Episode 38 “Exploding myths with the ideas of Ayn Rand”
Dr David Kelley Episode 24 “The philosophy of Objectivism”
Don Watkins Episode 78 “The moral case for fossil fuel energy”
also try Episode 63 “Who Needs Philosophy” Everyone does!”
and, Episode 9 “Reason; your only guide to knowledge”
and Episode 67 “What are rights? Where do they come from and why do we need them?
and Episode 64 “Mainstream morality opposes human flourishing”
and Episode 18 “Emotions: an explanation that makes sense”
Support the Ayn Rand Centre
If you want to support these ideas you can join up at the Ayn Rand Centre in London and your subscription will help fund the centre and promote these ideas. Go to the Ayn Rand Centre at aynrandcentre.co.uk and sign up for membership of join in on one of their meetups to join in a discussion.
I hope you get something from this post and this conversation. Please feel free to join the conversation and make a comment below. And if you have received benefit from this website and podcast and wish to support this work please donate using the paypal button to the right.
Nigel Howitt
Treehouse Farm
December 2019
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