 Okay, so yeah, just putting that away. Now I want to dig into, so Ayn Rand, she has the Institute and what were the cornerstones of her teaching that she got from Aristotle? Individualism, freedom of individualism, the importance of that? So suddenly an aspect of individualism, Aristotle remember, 2,500 years ago, so not everything he said was true, not everything he said was right, but the big picture he got right, reality is what it is. You know, you don't create it, you don't make it up. You know, maybe in his world there was a prime mover that said it in motion, but is not involved in all miracles. It is what it is, just accept that. That's a big part of thinking. Accept reality for what it is. And you have a tool to know reality. Reason, reason is Aristotle's great achievement. The emphasis on reason, the importance of reason. Reason only individuals have. We don't have a collective consciousness. You can't eat for me. You can't think for me either. Only I can do my own thinking. So many people rely on other people to do their thinking for them, right? That's the reason. Well, even today we're seeing media headlines saying, don't do your own research. It's dangerous. Don't think for yourself, trust the experts. Always do your own research. Now in some areas you need experts, right? I don't know medicine to all its details, but do enough research to know which experts to rely on. Not all the experts agree. Do enough research that if the expert says something wacky, you know, wait a minute, let me look at this more carefully. So yeah, I don't pretend to know quantum physics. I'm gonna rely on experts, but I'm gonna do research about which experts I rely on. And so there's a level at which I don't wanna condemn experts. I love experts. I love that they, I don't know how to build one of these computers. I know how to do this setup, right? I know how it works, the internet or whatever. I rely on experts to make it work. But if I had to know how it worked, I could at least know enough I could do research enough. So yeah, think for yourself, thinking as an attribute of an individual. And then of course, the purpose of thinking, the purpose of view, the purpose of life, of living, it's to be successful at it. It's to be happy. You don't live out of a sense of duty. You don't have to. It shouldn't be something that's a burden. It should be something that's fun. You know, and you should structure your life in a way. You should get to the point in life. Well, of course not if a moment is an orgasm, right? But you want it all to be building up to a good life, to a feeling that, yeah, this is I'm enjoying life. Life is meaningful, life is good for me, and I'm happy. And so that's part of it. And then of course, the only political system, just to finish up kind of the key points in Iron Man's philosophy. The only political system that leaves you free to live your life based on your values in pursuit of your happiness, based on your reasoning is capitalism. It's a system that leaves you free, leaves you alone. The government is there only to protect you from somebody who might do you harm, to protect you from fraudsters, to protect you from muggers, but otherwise you're free to live your life as you see fit. So, you know, she has a position throughout, including in aesthetics and what kind of art one should pursue and why art is important for your life. Most people are not that interested in that, although they should be. But she has this comprehensive philosophy that the bottom line of the entire philosophy is how to live a good life, how to flourish. So, thank you for listening or watching the Iran Book Show. If you'd like to support the show, we make it as easy as possible for you to trade with me. You get value from listening, you get value from watching, show your appreciation. You can do that by going to iranbrookshow.com slash support by going to Patreon, subscribe star locals, and just making a appropriate contribution on any one of those, any one of those channels. Also, if you'd like to see the Iran Book Show grow, please consider sharing our content and of course, subscribe, press that little bell button right down there on YouTube so that you get an announcement when we go live. And for those of you who are already subscribers and those of you who are already supporters of the show, thank you. I very much appreciate it.