Ayn Rand Quote About the Obvious

„The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.“

Ayn RandAyn Rand reflects on the difficulty of recognizing obvious truths when everyone has decided not to see them.
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

The quote explores the difficulty of recognizing obvious truths when they are collectively suppressed or ignored.


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Ayn Rand (1905–1982) was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher best known for her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." She developed the philosophy of Objectivism, which emphasizes reason, individualism, and capitalism as moral ideals.

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