Show, not tell.

Show, not tell, prove, not assert.

“Miss Taggart, we don’t just pretend principles,” Hugh Axton said. “That is a moral crime peculiar to the enemy. We don’t talk, we show. We do not claim but prove. We are not trying to subdue you, we are trying to win your rational beliefs. You have seen all the elements of our secret. Now the conclusion is yours to draw --- we can help you reveal it, but we have no power to make you accept it. The views, knowledge, and acceptance must be your own.” - Atlas shrugs 3 p.62

• It is a moral crime to brandish a principle.

You draw your own conclusions.

• We can help reveal it, but we don’t have the power to make them accept it.

  • maieutics
  • Conclusion. Views, knowledge and acceptance must be your own.
• view and knowledge and reception - understanding

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