(...) my strong philosophical inclinations, reinforced by Ayn's beliefs and attitudes, disposed me to think about emotion and motivation in purely cognitive terms - that is, to explain feelings and behaviour primarily in terms of a person's ideas or premises. Understanding a person ultimately meant understanding the conscious or subconcious conclusions he or she had formed about life and human existence. In addition, there was the principle of free will, which Ayn had defined as the freedom to think or not to think - to exerc
(...) my strong philosophical inclinations, reinforced by Ayn's beliefs and attitudes, disposed me to think about emotion and motivation in purely cognitive terms - that is, to explain feelings and behaviour primarily in terms of a person's ideas or premises. Understanding a person ultimately meant understanding the conscious or subconcious conclusions he or she had formed about life and human existence. In addition, there was the principle of free will, which Ayn had defined as the freedom to think or not to think - to exerc