There is no future for the world except through a rebirth of the Aristotelian
approach to philosophy. This would require an Aristotelian affirmation of the
reality of existence, of the sovereignty of reason, of life on earth—and of
the splendor of man.
Aristotle and Objectivism agree on fundamentals and, as a result, on this last
point, also. Both hold that man can deal with reality, can achieve values,
can live non-tragically. Neither believes in man the worm or man the
monster; each upholds man the thinker and therefore man the hero. Aristotle
calls him “the great-souled man.” Ayn Rand calls him Howard Roark, or John
Galt.