All 3 Uses of
invalidate
in
Atlas Shrugged
- …nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking-that the mind is one's only judge of values and one's only guide of action-that reason is an absolute that permits no compromise-that a concession to the irrational invalidates one's consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking reality-that the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind-that the acceptance of a mystical invention…†
Chpt 3.7
- The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive-a definition that invalidates man's consciousness and nullifies his concepts of existence.†
Chpt 3.7
- Both kinds demand that you invalidate your own consciousness and surrender yourself into their power.†
Chpt 3.7 *
Definition:
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(invalidate) remove the legal force of something; or render something ineffective -- especially an argument