Confessions

Tonight at book club we discussed St. Augustine's Confessions. I was struck once again by this:

Augustine believes the intellect will not find truth unless directed toward the truth by the will.

Rand believes the intellect will not find truth unless directed toward reality by the will.

In other words, both say persuasion
Is hardly a match for evasion.

It's a funny parallel.
And now I'm going to hell.