How to Unite History and Philosophy
Does philosophy make science, including history, possible––or is it vice versa? What, if any, is the role of historical fact in validating the principles of epistemology? of ethics? of politics? Do we learn that reason is man's basic means of survival by studying the nature of man or the history of men? Why did Ayn Rand say that she could not have formulated her ethics prior to the Industrial Revolution? How would an Objectivism formulated in the 17th century differentiations from the philosophy in Atlas Shrugged?

Is Morality Difficult or Easy to Practice
Virtue, fundamentally, as the choice to focus.
Since knowledge must be a unity, does focus entail continuous mental work and/or struggle in order to perform the requisite integrations? If one is being influenced by a subconscious defense mechanism, can he be said to be in focus? If one is fully in focus, are his mental processes necessarily objective? Can a man ever act against his moral beliefs and yet still be fully in focus (e.g., the case of Rearden)? Can he still be an example of the unity of thought and action, i.e., of integrity?