Andrew Bernstein
Andrew Bernstein
Andrew Bernsteinis a proponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, an author, and a professor of philosophy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth29 June 1949
CountryUnited States of America
sick want helping
When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.
jobs husband believe
To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to think that there are bullets 'out there' that you have to contend with, that there are stressful life events to overcome, is to miss something vital.
stress thinking reason
The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.
worry balance hormones
The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.
stress moving light
The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.
stress moving believe
Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.
oppression individual states
Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression.
hero men purpose
A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.
men essence agony
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 did not study the world; and so, for most of a millennium, as human beings screamed in agony—decaying from starvation, eaten by leprosy and plague, dying in droves in their twenties—the men of the mind, who could have provided their earthly salvation, abandoned them for otherworldly fantasies.
men atheism fellow-man
Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority.
men errors evil
For the first time in history, the rational and the good are fully armed in the battle against evil. Here we finally find the answer to our paradox; now we can understand the nature of the social power held by evil. Ultimately, the evil, the irrational, truly has no power. The evil men’s control of morality is transient; it lives on borrowed time made possible only by the errors of the good. In time, as more honest men grasp the truth, evil’s stranglehold will be easily broken.
thinking choices mind
You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.
hero conflict threat
The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.
believe want sticks
Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.