Both Uses of
pragmatic
in
Atlas Shrugged
- Trial-and-error is the only pragmatic rule of action.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- Rearden stood looking after him, seeing, with a tearing smile of pity, what it was that the ex-relativist, the ex-pragmatist, the ex-amoralist was carrying away with him for consolation.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(pragmatic) concerned with practical matters -- especially where quick results and/or practical experience triumph over theory