Both Uses of
interpose
in
Atlas Shrugged
- To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means of survival; to force him to act against his own judgment, is like forcing him to act against his own sight.†
Chpt 3.7 *
- What he seeks is power over reality and over men's means of perceiving it, their mind, the power to interpose his will between existence and consciousness, as if, by agreeing to fake the reality he orders them to fake, men would, in fact, create it.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(interpose) to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others