Category: “A Rational Perspective”

by Jason Stotts True Love is spoken of by many, tasted by few, and known to almost none. True Love is one of the most profound expressions of Nobility open to Man – it is perhaps the highest state of existence. True Love surpasses Virtue; Virtue is a stepping stone on its path. True Love…

by Jason Stotts “Bitch!” “Look at the ass on that one!” “I got some pussy last night!” “Hey tits!” “I need some dick…” At this point, you are probably wondering if I’ve finally divorced myself from reason and descended into the pits of vulgarity – and indeed it is an understandable wonder. However, do you…

by Jason Stotts For a long time I’ve been noticing this disturbing pattern among people. The pattern seems to have no causal connection – all of the evidence could easily be coincidental. Yet, it certainly appears to me that in general the better one’s body, the emptier one’s mind. Why do I say this, you…

by Jason Stotts When people ask me why I’m an Objectivist, I usually take some time and explain why in detail. The short answer, however, is that in Objectivism I find the philosophy which I had always lived by implicitly brought out into the light in well-reasoned and articulate essays by Ayn Rand. To give…

by Jason Stotts What follows is the beginning of a story that I started to write two years ago. The purpose of the story was to create a modern dialectic on a philosophical issue so that the issue can be dealt with from many sides in a way that most people find accessible. This particular…

by Jason Stotts The remembered kiss, your lover’s gaze, Invoke thoughts of together days. Your reunion, you do entreat, Longing for the day when again you’ll meet. Your lover’s embrace, you do desire, It sets your heart and loins afire. A single instant, of love’s true force, Has changed your life and its course. Now…

by Jason Stotts I’ve long been interested in the question of the origin of the world. As I aged, and matured, the question changed form and became deeper – instead of wondering about the origin of the world, I wondered about the origin of the universe itself. This gave rise to the ultimate question –…

by Jason Stotts I was thinking earlier, looking back on my four years at Denison University and reflecting on my recent graduation, and an interesting observation came to me. You see, while reflecting on my graduation I realized that I was not as excited about it as I had always imagined that I would be…