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In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is - i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts - i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape from this need. (Ayn Rand)