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Quote by Ayn Rand on Error and Truth

„That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct it but the second destroys your capacity to distinguish truth from error.“

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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

Quote by Ayn Rand on the value of independent thinking versus blind belief.


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Inspirational Ayn Rand quote about making errors and accepting truth

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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