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Re: sisyphus_14 post# 41597

Thursday, 04/04/2013 3:03:32 PM

Thursday, April 04, 2013 3:03:32 PM

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John Galt is a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957). Although he is not identified by name until the last third of the novel, he is the object of its often-repeated question "Who is John Galt?" and of the quest to discover the answer.

As the plot unfolds, Galt is acknowledged to be a creator, philosopher, and inventor who symbolizes the power and glory of the human mind. He serves as a principled counterpoint to the collectivist social and economic structure depicted in the novel. The depiction portrays a society based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces mediocrity and egalitarianism, which the novel associates with socialistic idealism.

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