As stated above by others, Rand's use of altruism is completely different from Ra's use of the word altruism: Ra states that in the positive or altruistic path the self is an other self also to be served.
Depends on how the sacrifice is processed. I think there are some sacrifices (dying for a worthy cause that saves many other innocent lives etc) that is not a suppression of desire as much as it is a reconciliation of conflicting desires. All of one's desires rarely point in one direction. You don't necessarily need to suppress a desire in order to resolve this conflict.
However, I would agree though that many people suppress desires (or control desires) in order to resolve conflicting desires rather than to ponder and contemplate how they truly wish to resolve their conflicting desires at a deep level (or accept/understand that some desires will not be fulfilled at this time).
(05-14-2014, 03:55 PM)Adonai One Wrote: I will define sacrifice in my own personal context:
Sacrifice is suppressing the desires of the self significantly in order to meet a desire of the self, towards serving the desires of another and/or serving the desires of the self.
Depends on how the sacrifice is processed. I think there are some sacrifices (dying for a worthy cause that saves many other innocent lives etc) that is not a suppression of desire as much as it is a reconciliation of conflicting desires. All of one's desires rarely point in one direction. You don't necessarily need to suppress a desire in order to resolve this conflict.
However, I would agree though that many people suppress desires (or control desires) in order to resolve conflicting desires rather than to ponder and contemplate how they truly wish to resolve their conflicting desires at a deep level (or accept/understand that some desires will not be fulfilled at this time).
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