The Serenity Affirmation


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You know you want a print Rich ;)

Are you familiar with the origin of the modified quote?

James:

Rational Recovery step process??

Adam

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You know you want a print Rich ;)

Are you familiar with the origin of the modified quote?

James:

Rational Recovery step process??

Adam

Well, I modified the quote myself, but the inspiration was from Ayn Rands discussion of the quote in her essay "The metaphysical vs the man-made" in "Philosophy: Who Needs It"

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You know you want a print Rich ;)

Are you familiar with the origin of the modified quote?

James:

Rational Recovery step process??

Adam

Well, I modified the quote myself, but the inspiration was from Ayn Rands discussion of the quote in her essay "The metaphysical vs the man-made" in "Philosophy: Who Needs It"

Got it.

This one:

In regard to nature, “to accept what I cannot change” means to accept the metaphysically given; “to change what I can” means to strive to rearrange the given by acquiring knowledge—as science and technology (e.g., medicine) are doing; “to know the difference” means to know that one cannot rebel against nature and, when no action is possible, one must accept nature serenely. . . . What one must accept is the fact that the minds of other men are not in one’s power, as one’s own mind is not in theirs; one must accept their right to make their own choices, and one must agree or disagree, accept or reject, join or oppose them, as one’s mind dictates. The only means of “changing” men is the same as the means of “changing” nature: knowledge—which, in regard to men, is to be used as a process of
persuasion
, when and if their minds are active; when they are not, one must leave them to the consequences of their own errors. . . .

To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.

That tittle was also the tittle of the speech she gave at West Point in 1974.

Good job James.

Adam

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